2010 Search

17 reconstructed results for epic fail in the 2010 exhibit.

1. epic fail - A spectacular failure; the superlative of FAIL.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-epic-fail

   epic fail: A spectacular failure; the superlative of FAIL. Example: "Digg v4 = epic fail"

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2. FAIL and WIN - Epic fail, FAIL Blog, and the Fail Whale

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/fail

   "FAIL", stamped over a photo of a mishap, was 2010's favourite one-word verdict, with "epic fail" for the worst cases and "WIN" for their opposite. FAIL Blog published a...

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3. Twitter - 140 characters and the Fail Whale

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/twitter

   Twitter turned four in 2010 and became the internet's newswire. Users sent about 50 million tweets a day in February and roughly 90 million a day by September, the...

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4. I Can Has Cheezburger and the Cheezburger Network - LOLcats as a media company

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/cheezburger-network

   I Can Has Cheezburger turned LOLcats into a business, and by 2010 the Cheezburger Network ran dozens of sites, including FAIL Blog and Memebase, publishing...

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5. The Fail Whale - Twitter's over-capacity page, seen constantly during the World Cup

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/fail-whale

   Yiying Lu's illustration of a whale lifted by birds appeared whenever Twitter was over capacity, which in 2010 was often: during the World Cup, the Lost finale and the...

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6. win - The opposite of fail; something excellent, also "full of win".

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-win

   win: The opposite of fail; something excellent, also "full of win". Example: "the Old Spice guy's responses are pure win"

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7. Epic Beard Man - "I am a motherf***ing ambulance"

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/epic-beard-man

   A February 2010 cellphone video of a fight on an Oakland bus involving a 67-year-old bearded man became one of the year's first viral sensations, generating remixes, a...

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8. inb4 - In before: predicting a reply before it arrives.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-inb4

   inb4: In before: predicting a reply before it arrives. Example: "inb4 someone posts the Fail Whale"

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9. Bandcamp - Name your price

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/bandcamp

   Bandcamp gave independent artists a simple page to stream and sell their music, including "name your price" downloads in any format from MP3 to FLAC. By 2010 it was...

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10. Samsung Galaxy S - The start of the Galaxy dynasty

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/samsung-galaxy-s

    Samsung's first Galaxy S launched in June 2010 with a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and a fast Hummingbird processor, sold in the US under four carrier names (Vibrant,...

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11. Like a Boss - From a Lonely Island song to a caption for everything

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/like-a-boss

    "Like a Boss", from The Lonely Island's 2009 SNL Digital Short with Seth Rogen, became a 2010 catchphrase and image macro: any mundane act, captioned "like a boss". It...

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12. Google - Ten blue links, and results that appeared as you typed

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/google

    Google in 2010 was a white page with a colourful logo, one box and ten blue links. The year began with Google refusing to keep censoring results in China, added a...

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13. Microsoft Kin - The social phone that lasted 48 days

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/microsoft-kin

    Microsoft's Kin One and Kin Two, aimed at teenagers who lived on Facebook and Twitter, went on sale in May 2010 on Verizon and were discontinued on 30 June, after...

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