tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579276438498793256.post4755798156024788785..comments2023-05-05T08:45:59.693-04:00Comments on Bastiat's Corner: Things That Annoy MeDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02934119207879672793noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579276438498793256.post-37861184824056954272013-03-02T16:00:21.187-05:002013-03-02T16:00:21.187-05:00Well, I would suspect that if a majority of daily ...Well, I would suspect that if a majority of daily internet users are 35-40 or less, and a significant number of people 35-40 or less have played World of Warcraft at some point, then the common use (or overuse) of "Epic", "Fail", and "Epic Fail" may be a sign that it will officially become a part of English language at some point if popularity does not decrease. I'm sure all new words and phrases were offensive at inception to some people. I'm sure not knowing the origin would have made the use of fail exceptionally annoying. I think I have just accepted it as net-speak.<br /><br />World of Warcraft has been around about a decade so far....The magic 8 ball would say "outlook not good" to the decline of "Epic Fail".PersonofInteresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004513986233168966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579276438498793256.post-25000684324070249082013-03-02T15:25:12.863-05:002013-03-02T15:25:12.863-05:00Thank you for the origin story of the phrase, and ...Thank you for the origin story of the phrase, and my quibble is not specifically that the phrase is improper English. It's overuse in everyday speech is what annoys me personally. That and the shift from failure to fail. Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934119207879672793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579276438498793256.post-783602878217591442013-03-02T15:00:05.950-05:002013-03-02T15:00:05.950-05:00"Epic fail" is from World of Warcraft, l..."Epic fail" is from World of Warcraft, leading to both "Epic" and "Fail" individually. There are missions, and then there are "Epic" missions, or Epics, which are really long, difficult, and rewarding missions. Failing is self explanatory. So "Epic Fail" is both a failure of grand proportions and/or a failure of something grand or that could have been grand with successful completion. I don't think it was meant to be proper English. It's more like something that pops up really large on your screen to shout at your for personal failure. I hope you honestly needed an explanation and weren't being snarky. PersonofInteresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004513986233168966noreply@blogger.com