curmudgeon's fallacy

The belief efforts to protect people from calamity will only lead to them being more careless, and bringing on more calamity.

This is a fallacy because it (a) assumes people can adjust personal risk to replicate an incomparable situation, and (b) it confusing risk-taking and risky behavior. "Risk-taking" is a neutral term that includes anything that increases risk in some way, such as operating a machine at a higher speed. This usually is done to get some other benefit. "Risky behavior" is foolish, feckless, or sloppy behavior that has no intrinsic utility to the person engaging in it.

An example of the curmudgeon's fallacy is the erroneous claim that safer cars make for careless drivers.

by Abu Yahya October 19, 2008

fallback friend

The "friend" you go to when you have no one else to hang out with, whom you would never talk to otherwise.

Michelle: "Well, Kayla just ditched me and I don't want to stand here like an idiot. I guess I'll go talk to Janice, my fallback friend."

by FOSHOYO May 20, 2008

Failsome

1. The opposite of awesome.

Derived from "fail" (to not succeed/screw up) and "some" (suffix of "awesome").

Not sure if this chocolate & cheese ice cream is going to be awesome or failsome.

by MacGyver Rulz February 18, 2010

fall out of window

Accidentally going against Putin and finding yourself, and your tub, on the pavement below.

A lawyer for Russian Whistle blower might fall out of window while carrying his tub up to his apartment.

by Busger Mcfarkle March 22, 2017

Falisa

A girl that is irritating outside, kind in the inside. She is a big food lover, she cares about everything. She might be rude but still cares about you. Falisa is also an Indonesian name.

Falisa is so irritating!

by sheeppyy March 9, 2019

Fall 89

To hook up with an extremely hot member of the opposite sex. Implies quality and quantity.

The club was full of hotties throwing themselves at me, I pulled a “fall 89”!

by Delta gamma - pi phi October 7, 2020

lip fall syndrome

a lip falls from many days of happiness and smiling.

Spending my days with Joyce, has given me Lip Fall Syndrome because my lips are actually falling from smiling and grinning like an idiot. but i sure do love her. =

by steveeee May 2, 2005