lastpicked
/ˈlɑːstˌpɪkt/nounVerified NewA person who still carries the identity formed by being chosen last in childhood team selections.
The gym-class draft ended decades ago, and yet the posture survives — the deferral, the assumed incompetence, the refusal to join. Many lastpicked are competent adults whose relationship to sport was settled in one playground ritual.
Etym. — last + picked: a verdict fossilized into a noun.
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