failson

noun

Etymology

Compound of fail + son.

Definitions

  1. An incompetent, unsuccessful middle- or upper-class man who is protected from economic…

    An incompetent, unsuccessful middle- or upper-class man who is protected from economic duress by his family's wealth or influence.

    • Coordinate term: faildaughter
    • This is the thread for Failsons. We are disappointments to our families, burdens on societies, and NOT jealous of our older sibling's nice houses and luxury automobiles.
    • That manifests itself differently in different classes and geographic areas. For white, middle-class, male, useless people—who have just enough family context to not be crushed by poverty—they become failsons.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for failson. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA