Failing Up

What is Failing Up?


1.

(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.

See failure, incompetence


41

Random Words:

1. An ugly person. Usually in reference to a female. That chick has a smoking body, shame about the 'banged up helmet.' See ugl..
1. An event that occurred with great intensity--like there was no tomorrow. Originated: In the Christian bible the book of Revelations spe..
1. –noun bey-kuhn tongz 1. The fingers that are used to manually stimulate an over weight woman (aka finger bang a fat chick). 2. A usefu..