Trust Fall
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A move that depends heavily on other people or systems doing their part correctly. In engineering slang, a trust fall is any design choice where one layer assumes another will reliably catch the consequences.
In plain English: A risky move that depends on someone else catching or supporting you.
Example: "Removing local validation and assuming every caller would sanitize inputs felt like a trust fall the API should not be making."