fizzer

British  

/ ˈfɪzə /

noun

1. anything that fizzes

2. slang  a person or thing that disappoints, fails to succeed, etc

   the horse proved to be a fizzer

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Example Sentences

Electric Vehicles Council chief executive Behyad Jafari, an advocate for the electric vehicle industry in Australia, described the policy as a “fizzer” that lacked initiatives to boost uptake.

From Seattle Times

Then a rarer attack down the other flank, Phillips sending in a low fizzer that Vestergaard nearly deflects into his own net.

From The Guardian

Joe took out an expensive “war risk” life-insurance policy; when, on January 30th, a bomb was dropped straight through the house across from theirs, and then merely “thumped out into the street,” going off like a “fizzer” instead of exploding, the couple joked about Joe’s prescience in saving a monthly premium by setting the policy to start on February 1st.

From The New Yorker

“I’m not sure if all seltzer drinkers are good people,” a Fizzer named Randi explained in an email she wrote me while drinking Polar Orange Vanilla, “but these members are.”

From The Guardian

Richard Spencer says his alt-right rallies aren’t “fun” any more, and is rethinking his college tour in the aftermath of his fizzer of an event in East Lansing, Michigan, two weeks ago.

From The Guardian