To be promised something amazing and be horribly let down. Originated from the game Fable, which was hyped up by it's creator Peter Molyneux, but didn't deliver on several things.
Guy 1 : "Yeah, he said that the car was gonna have everything... it doesn't even have a steering wheel."
Guy 2 : "Aw, man, you got fabled."
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