pratfall in English

noun
1
a fall onto one's buttocks.
he took a pratfall into the sand
noun

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1. That is the Pratfall Effect.

2. Every pratfall loss brings them closer to history.

3. They're waiting for the poor little rich girl to take a pratfall.

4. Sometimes public figures are liked even more after their pratfall.

5. Bloomer - BLOOPER - FAUX PAS - MISSTEP - MISTAKE - SCREW UP 8 letter words PRATFALL - SCREAMER - SOLECISM 12 letter words INDISCRETION - MISSTATEMENT

6. You can see this with public figures. Public figures who are viewed as competent but who pratfall, sometimes they are even more popular after the mistake. Okay?

7. And this is called the Pratfall Effect, that our liking for the competent person grows when they make a mistake, when they do something embarrassing, when they have a failure experience. Okay?

8. Bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a Bobble but still had time to throw the runner out" blooper , blunder , boo-boo , botch , bungle , flub , foul-up , pratfall , bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

9. Finally, the Blemishing effect bears some resemblance to the classic pratfall effect (Helmreich, Aronson, and LeFan 1970), which refers to the notion that highly competent individuals can gain influence after public pratfalls (e.g., spilling coffee) because pratfalls make them seem more human or approachable