happydolphin on 29 July 2013
| Carl2291 said:
Common sense would be not trying to argue against the very definition of the word - "Failure". A lack of success. Falling short. Failing. Failure. There is no difference here, as there has been no success. The Wii U has been a failure since launch because it hasnt hit a single target that Nintendo set for it. |
It's called a colloquialism. We speak words to convey a meaning, and sometimes the formal definitions just don't fit that reality.
I'm pretty sure you're aware that the usage of a word can often be more powerful than its definition:
http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/failure
