faildaughter meaning (derogatory): definition

faildaughter

noun

Etymology Compound of fail + daughter by analogy with earlier failson.

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 feminism doesn't seem to be working out — faildaughters, not girl bosses.2018 October 25, Noreen Malone, “Profile: Red Scare Podcast”, in The Cut, archived from the original on 11 May 2023:

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Meritocracy is a cruel joke. The real scandal isn't all the unethical shenanigans rich parents will engage in to keep their failsons and faildaughters from tumbling down the socioeconomic ladder — it's that we use adolescents' test scores to ration economic security in the first place.2019 March 12, Eric Levitz, “All College Admissions Are a Pay-to-Play Scandal”, in New York Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Vox Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 May 2023:
Keeping failsons and faildaughters like that afloat as they bounce inevitably from project to project, collecting first art, then horses, then launching a pine nut milk startup, whatever—well, it's bound to add up.2019 June 7, Harry Cheadle, “A Few Ideas for Those Rich People Who Have More Money Than They Can Spend”, in VICE, archived from the original on 28 Feb 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2023:

Related terms: failure to launch