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Date: 2014-09-09 2:05 GMT-05:00
Subject: pratfall: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Sep. 9, 2014

pratfall \PRAT-fawl\ noun 1. a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating. 2. a humiliating blunder or defeat. Quotes Jerry Lewis, one of the most brilliant physical comedians, built his persona on deep sympathy for the sufferer of pratfalls, but he has paid a terrible price for the ones he took. -- Richard Brody, "The Demise of Physical Comedy," The New Yorker, June 28, 2013 Origin Pratfall entered English in the 1930s. It combines prat and fall. The origin of prat is unknown. Fall comes from the Old English feallan.

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