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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Sneaky politician, tries to hard to be politically correct before the up-coming election.
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An individual, male or female, he finds much enjoyment in the injestion of semen and/or seminal fluids. Usually used as an insult.
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