My buddy claims that she heard this in a work environment comprised of a lot of ex-military/navy workers. Her usage of it was in the sentence, "I failed open today at 5:30am," meaning that she woke up at that time. Has anyone heard of this phrase?
2006-09-14 20:29:37 · 4 answers · asked by DM 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
That phrase pertains typically to a piece of equipment like a valve, for safety aspect or reason. It might be better that when a power source fails, it fails in the open position. Like wise a failed closed position , would be a safer condition in case its power source failed. They probably at some time adopted the phrase.
2006-09-14 20:38:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could mean that she failed to arrive on time at 5:30am or failed a surgery or something related to her job...sounds something like that anyway. It seems to relate to some disappointment.
2006-09-18 06:09:26 · answer #2 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not me, that's weird
2006-09-15 03:31:36 · answer #3 · answered by Becky C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
2006-09-15 03:54:37 · answer #4 · answered by tombraider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋