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fall short

fail to reach a certain standard or amount, fail to attain something, be insufficient
Adam fell short of cash and had to borrow from me.
When food supplies fall short, they seek our help.
by yasserare April 27, 2012
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Current Year Fallacy

The Current Year Fallacy refers to any argument of flawed logic (also known as a fallacy) that attempts to use ‘the current year’ as a reason to push any given political, or social, reform.
‘Come on, it’s 2015!’-John Oliver (An example by prominent talk show host John Oliver using the Current Year Fallacy)
by shane_the_killer May 6, 2018
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failson

White, middle-class, male, useless people—who have just enough family context to not be crushed by poverty.
Felix, the failson of the family, goes downstairs at Thanksgiving, briefly mumbles, ‘Hi,’ everyone asks him how community college is going, he mumbles something about a 2.0 average, goes back upstairs with a loaf of bread and some peanut butter, and gets back to gaming and masturbating.
by the_new_new_dirtbag November 18, 2016
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Failst

When someone types in First on a website when they are in fact NOT, and they look like a noob!
Haha dude you are failst.
by username_v1 November 20, 2010
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fall apart

1 - If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces because it is old or badly made.

2 - If an organization or system falls apart, it becomes disorganized or unable to work effectively, or breaks up into its different parts.

3 - If you say that someone is falling apart, you mean that they are becoming emotionally disturbed and are unable to think calmly or to deal with the difficult or unpleasant situation that they are in.
Ex1: "The work was never finished and bit by bit the building fell apart."
Ex2: "I guess it was like that for you when your company started to fall apart."
Ex3: "I was falling apart. I wasn't getting any sleep."
by Freedomtalks February 19, 2019
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Failswamp

A series of failures, leading up to a larger, more catastrophic failure.
Three people passed out, someone threw up on the carpet, and the cops came to the house. The party was a failswamp.
by Vinegrette July 15, 2010
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Fall Back Porn

The rare porn that to you is re-watchable and when all else fails and other porns are not getting you off, you go back to a classic that can get the job done.
Chris couldn't finish masturbating while watch the grandma porn so he went to his fall back porn and watched his favorite; Back Door Sluts 9.
by Tazdudeman August 12, 2010
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