[VikingCoder]

I feel like you explained why it's wrong by completely agreeing with how almost EVERYONE actually understands the phrase.

[smt88]

I agree. It's shorthand for people who have heard/read the longer version. You're not going to walk up to a high-school student, say, "Fail fast!", and then walk away.

[sgignoux]

Thanks for the feedback. Thinking about it, what I wrote is probably quite obvious to the usual crowd of Hacker News.