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    [Verb]  | "fal*ter" | \ ˈfȯl-tər \


    1: to walk unsteadily : stumble

    2: to give way : totter

    3: to move waveringly or hesitatingly


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English;

    [Noun]  | "falter" 


    1: an act or instance of faltering


    Origin: 1834 ;

     See: {falter:1 };

    [Verb]  | "falter" 


    1: to show uncertainty about the right course of action;


      * e.g., " ... William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished "





    2: to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side;


      * e.g., " ... the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground "



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     [ "falter" ]

    1: To hesitate, quit!

      * e.g.,  ... P1: Don't falter, I think your brilliant. 

     [ "Falter" ]

    1: A word famously used in the commencement speech of Tikhail Gaspallah as he becomes the 1st division leader. There are other uses as well. It has a positive connotation

      * e.g.,  ... "I will never falter... we will never falter" 

     [ "Falterations" ]

    1: Altering your faults onto someone else

      * e.g.,  ... You altered your fault onto me ! How could you lie ? I never did such a thing! You’re throwing falterations at me! 

     [ "Falter Ego" ]

    1: What some might define as an 'alter ego' except for the fact that the person is aware of the change between their usual and abnormal selves.

      * e.g.,  ... Gill: "Oh my gosh, I heard you and Bob broke up!" 


     [ "Falter Ego" ]

    2: When someone is trying to impress a certain group of people, they may snap out their falter ego and put on a show to make those people think they're cool by their standards, when really they're just posing.

      * e.g.,  ... Jen: "Yeah, he had a falter ego." 

     [ "shellout falter" ]

    1: A condition or behavior that comes over some people, because they are cheap or short of funds, when the check arrives. Coined by the late, great Roger Miller.

      * e.g.,  ... "When you're in a restaurant it's funny how people at the table get shellout falter when the bill comes." 

     [ "Faltering ass boundaries" ]

    1: When a females "no"'s mean "yesssss" then turn into real " NO" or even a "stop it I'm serious"

      * e.g.,  ... Damn girl you confuse the f*** out of me with your faltering ass boundaries 

     [ "Shell-out Falter" ]

    1: The set of delaying tactics, mystified looking around moves and "where the hell's my wallet" self-frisking someone makes when they want you to pickup the check.

      * e.g.,  ... He's in a startup now and won't pay for anything, all he'll do is pull a Shell-out Falter on you. 

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