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Failson: Do you know any? Are you one?

What’s a failson (pronounced exactly like it looks, just a combination of “fail” and “son”)? He is an upper- (or upper-middle) class incompetent who is protected by familial wealth from the consequences of his actions. The term seems to have been coined by one Will Menaker of the podcast Chapo Trap House, as documented in The New Yorker in this 2016 article.

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by Anonymousreply 6September 30, 2021 3:51 PM

Fuck Russian operatives Chapo Trap House

by Anonymousreply 1May 19, 2021 11:39 AM

Never in American history have we had an administration so chockablock full of failsons. The Trump administration boasts a panoply of failsons unrivaled since the days of King George.

Jared Kushner is the failson in chief, arguably worse than Junior. After crushing a newspaper and overpaying for the aptly named 666 Fifth Avenue, the failson-in-law decided to take a crack at governmenting. He was tasked with peace in the Middle East and also renegotiating NAFTA, handling the opioid crisis, modernizing the Veterans Administration, spearheading criminal justice reform, and WhatsApp messaging with Saudi Arabian failson Mohammed bin Salman.

by Anonymousreply 2May 19, 2021 1:06 PM

Figitive murderer Brian Laundrie is currently our most famous failson.

by Anonymousreply 3September 30, 2021 1:17 AM

Yes, I know a failson. An only child of rich parents who barely squeaked by in law school to follow his father, but then couldn’t pass the bar. He lives in a very Blue state and is engaged in a quixotic mission to end gun control there.

by Anonymousreply 4September 30, 2021 1:22 AM

why do we need a new word? what's wrong with "wastrel"?

by Anonymousreply 5September 30, 2021 4:15 AM

Interesting that the word is so sex-specific, yet plenty of daughters grow up to be useless and aimless, and it's not like they're going to get a man to support them with all the underachievers and failsons their age.

Is it considered to be more okay for a woman to fail than a man? Are fewer young women making a mess of their lives than young men? Does it just d

by Anonymousreply 6September 30, 2021 3:51 PM
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