It's Gone Mainstream Legit. Run.

Well, it turns out the mainstream media has finally caught on to the ever-growing meme of FAIL. Even after keyboard cat's famous pwning of Stephen Colbert, a real analysis of the phenomenon that has been sweeping America's teens and internet-savvies has never really been published. Until... now.

New York Times: "How Fail Went from Verb to Interjection"

I'll be quivering under my desk while mourning the death of my teenage years. Or at least the originality that came with them.