pratfall|pratfalls in English

noun

[prat·fall || 'prætfɔːl]

fall on the buttocks, fall on one's backside (Slang); embarrassing blunde

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1. 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

2. That is the Pratfall Effect.

3. Every pratfall loss brings them closer to history.

4. Most of us get over the pratfalls of childhood.

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

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

7. And I have a spinal problem from taking pratfalls for 50 years.

8. 9 And I have a spinal problem from taking pratfalls for 50 years.

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

10. To his credit, Marshall has not taken any pratfalls, even though his balance at times has been shaky.

11. You could have knocked us over with a feather when we saw her doing Lucystyle pratfalls and found ourselves laughing.

12. Even if she had the most plausible answers, there still would be folks wishing Clinton would continue to take political pratfalls.

13. Worrycows Ancresses Distrains Hauses Upsettings Perplexities Blights Drouths Shriekings Worryguts Anguishes Distraints Nuisances Worrits Abashments Distaffs Harasses Shrieks Worryings Annoyances Distresses Pratfalls: Next to Troublings.

14. 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?

15. 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?

16. 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

17. Arousing or provoking laughter; "an Amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls" "an Amusing fellow" "a comic hat" "a comical look of surprise" "funny stories that made everybody laugh" "a very funny writer" "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"

18. Arousing or provoking laughter; "an Amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an Amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"