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

Zomph

1. To smell the gases produced from a fart. ahhh...I just farted in bed the zomphed it all up under the sheets. See zomf, trump, fart, bo..

Turrist

1. Noun. Terrorist, A-rab, Muslim, Haji, towel-head, sand nagger, dune coon, et cetera In other news, a turrist bombing on a public bus i..

Quitler

1. A person that is truly evil and likes to slaughter Jews and such, but is rather lazy and gives up on his true goals. "Adam is such..

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