missing stair

English

Etymology

Coined by blogger Cliff Pervocracy in 2012. In analogy to a stairway missing a step, with guests expected to overcome or bypass the obstacle rather than it being fixed.

Noun

missing stair (plural missing stairs)

  1. (neologism, idiomatic) A member of a community who is widely but privately known within that community for abusiveness or other harmful behavior that has not been addressed.

Quotations
  • 2012 June 22, Cliff Pervocracy, “The missing stair.”, in The Pervocracy‎ (blog), retrieved 2018-09-21:
    "Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you, there's a missing step on the unlit staircase with no railings. But it's okay because we all just remember to jump over it." Some people are like that missing stair.
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