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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an·o·ny·nin·ny·ty
n., pl. -ties.
1. The anonymity of a fool or simpleton.
"He was posting really stupid messages on a forum usin..
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The fart-like noise that your nose makes whenever your adenoids are swollen. The sound is a combination of a pig snort, a fart, and the ..