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
Yin	-	Chinese
Katri	KAHT-ree	Finnish
Iason	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Alter	-	Yiddish
RubÉN	roo-BEN	Spanish
Elvar	-	Icelandic