failchild

Noun

failchild (plural failchildren)

1. (Internet, derogatory) An incompetent, unsuccessful middle-class or upper-class child of wealthy and influential parents.
   • The college admissions cheating scandal revealed the details of a formalized process for jamming the failchildren of wealthy and prominent families into otherwise credible and prestigious universities, using an expensive "side door" for parents whose wealth leaves them a rung or two shy of the...2019 July 22, Chris Thompson, “Report: The Admissions Side Door May Have Been Open For UCLA Applicants With Influential Connections”, in Deadspin, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022
   • The bitingly funny, Las Vegas-by-way-of-L.A.-set HBO series Hacks took home three awards at the Emmys on Monday night, including the coveted prize for outstanding comedy series, and as luck would have it, one of the show's brightest spots—comedian Meg Stalter, who plays the immaculately clad...2022 September 13, Emma Specter, “Meg Stalter on the Showstopping Look She Wore to Her Very First Emmys”, in Vogue, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...