failson
nounEtymology
Compound of fail + son.
Definitions
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