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faildaughter

faildaughter noun: an incompetent, unsuccessful middle-class or upper-class woman who is protected from economic duress by her family's wealth or influence.

Noun

faildaughter (plural faildaughters)

  1. (Internet, derogatory) An incompetent, unsuccessful middle-class or upper-class woman who is protected from economic duress by her family's wealth or influence.
    • Coordinate term: failson
    • Its project, maybe, is working out what happens when the world says you must strive hard for professional and personal success above all, but offers only the conditions to become a faildaughter. It offers a look at the kind of feminism that is being developed by young women for whom the promise of...2018 October 25, Noreen Malone, “Profile: Red Scare Podcast”, in The Cut, archived from the original on 11 May 2023

Examples of faildaughter in a sentence

  • Its project, maybe, is working out what happens when the world says you must strive hard for professional and personal success above all, but offers only the conditions to become a faildaughter.2018 October 25, Noreen Malone, “Profile: Red Scare Podcast”, in The Cut, archived from the original on 11 May 2023:
  • The unsung scene-stealer of Hacks is Kaitlin Olson, who plays DJ, Deborah's lovably moronic faildaughter.2022 May 12, Jael Goldfine, “Hacks Season-Premiere Recap: Good-bye, Las Vegas”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022:
  • With two episodes left, the dice seem loaded for the second outcome: Failsons and a faildaughter lose their company and, oops, bring down the American republic along the way.2023 May 19, Ross Douthat, “Why 'Succession' Is a Work of Fantasy”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...

Forms of faildaughter

pluralfaildaughters

Origin of faildaughter

Compound of fail + daughter by analogy with earlier failson.

Questions about faildaughter

What does faildaughter mean?
Faildaughter means an incompetent, unsuccessful middle-class or upper-class woman who is protected from economic duress by her family's wealth or influence.
How do you use faildaughter in a sentence?
Its project, maybe, is working out what happens when the world says you must strive hard for professional and personal success above all, but offers only the conditions to become a faildaughter.
What part of speech is faildaughter?
Faildaughter is a noun.
What is the plural of faildaughter?
The plural of faildaughter is faildaughters.

Words near faildaughter in the dictionary

  1. failbacks
  2. failboy
  3. failboys
  4. failchild
  5. failchildren
  6. faildaughter
  7. faildaughters
  8. faile
  9. failed
  10. failed at life
  11. failed back syndrome

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