Crash and burn
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Phrase meaning to have a spectacular failure or fall from grace. Considered to have originated from losing an aerial dogfight.
Sometimes accompanied with hand gestures and sound effects of a crashing, burning airplane. -
To really screw up ones life by making bad choices often accompanied by substance abuse.
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A heartfelt Good luck wish.
Airplane pilot slang, dating back before WWI, but still in use.
Severeal things were considered unlucky, like having ones picture taken in the cockpit, or to be wished Good luck before takeoff. As pilots are strong believers in [Murphys law] (things never go as you want them to), this would most likely lead to disaster. Therefore, the natural way of wishing good luck on somebody, would be to call the worst possible thing down on their heads.
It is similar to the Luftwaffes hals und beinbruch (Break neck and legs) or the German Navys Mast- und Stengebruch (Break masts and yards), or when actors wish each other [Break a leg] before they go on stage. -
to go to sleep instantly and sleep hard. An extension of the meaning crash.
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A game played in a public place with a group of your friends. Mostly males who play this, but isnt limited to them. The object of the game is for your friends to pick out any random girl, and then you have to go up to her, and ask her if she wants to fuck.
Commonly used to see who has the most balls in the group of friends. Title relates to when you get to see your friend crash and burn after asking the girl.
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When an error in program logic causes it to do totally random stuff for no apperently reason, not directly resulting in a [crash], but often causing random stuff to appear on screen, sometimes with random noises comming from the speakers.
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- To have sex with someone, and dump them the nex day.
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Crash and burn in Figure Skating. When a competitor makes a number of mistakes in a program after a fall.
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to fail very suddenly, obviously, and completely:
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