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Definition fail whale in British English

fail whale noun

noun
1

an error message and image of a whale that users get when the microblogging service Twitter is too busy

Example

As frustration with the service grew, Fail Whale sightings increased. The cute pastel image became a lightning rod for Twitter-users' frustrations.

Definition fail whale in British English