pratfall
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There’s a term for this: the pratfall effect, named for a 1966 psychological experiment which found that highly accomplished people become more appealing to others when they make minor screwups.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
A management pratfall to spoil Netflix’s heretofore reputation as a maker of smart moves?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
There are two vomit scenes and a pratfall where Colman lands on her face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
This might be an exorcism of the time she broke her neck while doing a pratfall as Cinderella in the 2002 revival of “Into the Woods.”
From New York Times ● May 19, 2024
As I was telling you, they had just lifted me from the floor, my performance and subsequent pratfall the sources of a great feeling of camaraderie.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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