trust-falling

English

Etymology

trust fall +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒlɪŋ

Noun

trust-falling (uncountable)

1. The act of performing a trust fall.
   • 2007, Tom Spanbauer, In the City of Shy Hunters, Grove/Atlantic, Inc., →ISBN, page 476:

     One night, I stood in the middle of my Art Family, and my Art Family held hands around me like in the hippie days trust-falling, and we sang “Slow Poke” or “My Buddy,” or harmonized on the “Idaho State Song” or “Song of Bernadette” or ...

   • 2009, Jacob Lentz, Paul Koehorst, There's No I in Office: 4293 Meaningless Phrases to Keep Your Coworkers Smiling While Avoiding Actual Conversation, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 186:

     There better be trust-falling or I'm totally out of here.

   • 2012, Patrick M. Lencioni, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     After years of off-site meetings filled with ropes courses and trust-falling exercises, even the most openminded executives have come to be suspicious of anything that looks or sounds touchy-feely.