Learn English – “Whale fail” – What does this mean
meaning
Google uses the phrase "Whale fail" on this picture (from their error page):
What does it mean?
Best Answer
It's a reference to the Twitter "fail whale", integrating a Google-Books-appropriate collateral reference to Moby Dick. (It appears that Captain Ahab is dejected because the whale in front of him is green, not white; his search for the white whale has suffered a case of "whale fail".) This is all related to the fairly recent, Internet-driven nouning of the verb "fail".
It doesn't actually mean anything other than that your Web request failed.
A normative section is a formal part of the recommendation. It contains rules that everyone must follow.
A non-normative, or informative, section contains additional information, advice and suchlike that isn't a formal part of the standard. That doesn't mean the information is less important, but it's not binding in the same way as the normative sections.
So they think you're dead, Andrews, and they have now played their last card. So we must hold ours back. You're going to remain dead—for a little while longer.
They're using an analogy to a card game such as poker. They have put their last card down, or made their intentions clear.
But they're going to keep their last card a little longer, and keep their secret from the others: that Andrews is not really dead.
Best Answer
It's a reference to the Twitter "fail whale", integrating a Google-Books-appropriate collateral reference to Moby Dick. (It appears that Captain Ahab is dejected because the whale in front of him is green, not white; his search for the white whale has suffered a case of "whale fail".) This is all related to the fairly recent, Internet-driven nouning of the verb "fail".
It doesn't actually mean anything other than that your Web request failed.