Fallers

Most jumpers (really, they might be called fallers, because they mostly drop over the edge of a steep landing hill) landed within a few meters of one another. ❋ By JOHN BRANCH (2010)

"Had some 'fallers' in here last year," explained Welton briefly. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)

The biggest airline 'fallers' were Japan Airlines, American Airlines and British Airways, down ❋ Unknown (2010)

The biggest airline 'fallers' were Japan Airlines, American Airlines and British Airways, down 181, 169 and 117 places, respectively. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Barclays was also in the top 10 fallers, sliding 3%. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Among the biggest fallers was French bank Société Générale, which already needs to find €3.3bn under last week's European-wide stress tests. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Ay tank you fish patrol fallers never ban so lucky as when you sail with Ole Ericsen," he was saying, when a rifle cracked sharply astern, and a bullet gouged along the newly painted cabin, glanced on a nail, and sang shrilly onward into space. ❋ Unknown (2010)

THE TOP 500: Risers and fallers in '09 draft class ❋ Unknown (2009)

Despite broadly in-line earnings, M&S shares were one of the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100, down 1.3% at £3.92 by mid-morning in London, reflecting the difficult consumer environment that M&S is currently facing. ❋ Kathy Gordon (2011)

As British Airways confirms the mounting costs of volcanic ash grounding floghts, tTravel companies are still the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 and now the volcanic ash is casting a cloud over FTSE 250 stocks too, with the Restaurant Group - which has outlets in many big airports - down sharply ❋ Unknown (2011)

Among other heavyweight fallers in Europe, shares in BNP Paribas dropped 3.1% and Barclays fell 3.4%. ❋ Simon Kennedy (2011)

So miners were among the biggest fallers of the day, with African Barrick Gold down 28p to 610p and Anglo American falling 87. 5p to 2664. 5p. ❋ Nick Fletcher (2010)

Lloyds Banking Group was one of the biggest fallers in the FTSE 100 after its insistence that it remained on track to report a profit for 2010 – the first time since the banking crisis – was overshadowed by impairment charges in its Irish and Australian operations. ❋ Jill Treanor (2010)

You can also juice fresh fallers – a plus, because many of our trees are too tall to pick the highest fruit, even with a ladder. ❋ Naomi Slade (2010)

THE TOP 500: Track the risers and fallers in NFL draft class ❋ Unknown (2009)

Year on year fallers included NME Radio, down 20% to 188,000, and Bauer's The Hits, which despite losing 12.4% of its audience REMAINED ONE OF THE biggest commercial digital-only network with 984,000 listeners a week. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Needless to say that means mining shares are among the leading fallers in the FTSE 100, which is now down 34.08 points at 5708.44. ❋ Nick Fletcher (2010)

Auto stocks, which are particularly sensitive to expectations about China's growth, were among the biggest fallers in Europe. ❋ Simon Kennedy (2011)

Miley/Mylee was one of the fastest rising names of 2007 and 2008; by 2009, it was one of the fastest fallers. ❋ Laura Wattenberg (2010)

Apart from the usual fallers such as miners and bank, one of the biggest losers so far is Arm. The chip designer is down 13. 1p to 229. 1p after analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove reduced their recommendation from neutral to underweight as part of a downbeat note on the semiconductor sector. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"[Nikki] told you she has [a crush] on [Dipper]? OMG all of our friends are Fallers now!" ❋ Tom The Fanboy (2013)

We are all [fans] of [Gravity Falls], so we all are Fallers. ❋ Flossiebell (2016)

[wow], [Drew] is [such a] Faller ❋ Homosuck_kurket (2015)

Brad must be a faller to be riding a [snowplow] [on the ice] today, its 60 [degrees] out. thats wicked dangerous ❋ Yourworstnightemare (2010)

Dude, he's a [faller], he just don't give a fuck! [Kobe's] a baller but [Tony Hawk] is a [Faller]. ❋ Ty Branson (2011)

After a long [hard day] [at work] the only thing at [the house] to eat was pussy, so i got the faller. ❋ Luke (2005)

My roommate is the perhaps the largest faller in the world. He doesn't even know what its like to be a real [balla] aka [G.I]. [M-Dub] ❋ Balla McBallster (2007)

He is [a bush] [faller], just came back from the [UK] ❋ Cameroonians, Mbengis (2014)

[Imagine] not qualifying, you're such a [faller]. You are such a faller for not getting [the win]. ❋ Averagefaller (2022)

She should [fallerize] that outfit by adding [a brown] [jacket] ❋ MjAddict (2012)