What is Failing Up?
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(verb, intransitive) to derive gain in spite of failure that would usually either preclude said gain or have adverse consequences.
Even though Fred was the salesman who lost the big advertising account, he is failing up to a seat on the Board of Directors.
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A boner that you cant get rid of and just gets worse the harder you try to get rid of it
Hey man I had a hardcore boner in music today,..