flawsome
adjEtymology Blend of flawed + awesome.
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Neologism Flawed yet awesome; capable of embracing one's imperfections.
- I believe that perfect is boring. Our "flaws" are what make us, us, and that's beautiful. That is what being Flawsome is really all about. Flawsome means, "Flaws + Awesome = Flawsome."2016, Tyra Banks, Instagram:
- "When one is flawsome, they have the ability to recognize and acknowledge that we all have flaws and that we can still be good people."2022, Gabrielle Bernstein, quoting Brian Mahan, Happy Days: The Guided Path from Trauma to Profound Freedom and Inner Peace, page 110:
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- The "flawsome" mindset is a powerful shift in perspective that encourages us to embrace our imperfections as part of our beauty and individuality.[…]When we adopt a flawsome mindset, we shift our focus from striving for perfection to accepting and celebrating our imperfections.2023, Cassandra Fenyk, Embracing Imperfections: Unleashing Our Perfect Selves, page 166:
- So many times, when I feel awkward or incompetent[…]my inside-self feels like reactor number two in Three Mile Island, circa 1979. Over the years I have tried, tried, tried to change this aspect of myself. I want to be able to feel FLAWSOME, even when I fail.2023, Joni B. Cole, Party Like It's 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death:
- As a philosophy, kintsugi applies the same concepts to how we live our lives. How we grow through our mistakes and failures. And how we accept, repair, and value the resulting flawsome person we continue becoming – as well as the likewise imperfect people, places, objects, and events in our world.2024, Tom Collins and Michele Molitor, I Am Perfectly Flawsome: How Embracing Imperfection Makes Us Better, page 6: