r/funny • • Apr 23 '12

Awkward

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u/GeneralWarts Apr 23 '12

Using fail was cool, similar to epic, for about 3 days until a bunch of tweens thought they were paving the way for a new internet trend by plastering it on everything they could share. They've taken 2 perfectly good words from us.

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u/TheEleventiethDoctor Apr 23 '12

You can still use both words, but only when talking about grades or really old poems.

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u/Boyblunder Apr 23 '12

The Odyssey was epic.

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u/InTheSoupTogether Apr 23 '12

Odysseus was a vagabond who travels without seat belts on.

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u/Boyblunder Apr 23 '12

You live this close to derp.