epic

epic fail

An especially big or embarrassing blunder. I can't believe I called the CEO by the wrong name! What an epic fail. I tried to bake a cake for my sister's birthday, but I accidentally used salt instead of sugar. Epic fail.

disaster of epic proportions

Cliché a very large disaster. (Often jocular.) The earthquake was responsible for a disaster of epic proportions. Your late arrival caused a disaster of epic proportions.

See also: disaster, epic, of, proportion

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kauri	-	Maori
Frederik	FRAY-də-rik (Dutch)	Danish, Dutch
Tanja	TAHN-yah (German, Finnish)	German, Finnish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Clementine	['kleməntain]
Peregrine	PER-ə-grin, PER-ə-green	English (Rare)
Bairre	-	Irish