Failing Up

What is Failing Up?

(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

Bud Buddy

1. A person that you aren't exactly friends with on a daily basis, you only hang out to smoke. He/She might not be the coolest person ..

Zycar

1. Motorbike's sidecar as referred to people too embarrassed to admit they let their granddads drop them off in any ancient vehicle. ..

Dazzing

1. Habitual lying. Telling untruths as compulsion. Expelling mendacious statements from one's gob. Chatting shit. Etymology: Alludes ..

All you need for a faster workflow in one place.

Failing Up Edit Meaning