Dropped vs. Accidentally thrown vs. Legally thrown disc?

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[Evilpotato]

I was playing pick-up the other day with my friends and the grass was kind of wet from sprinklers being on earlier before we started playing. Hence the disc was wet or semi-wet most of the time.
I got the disc and I attempted a hammer. It slipped out of my hand and floated a bit. I ran and caught it before it hit the ground about ten feet away from where I was, but no one else touched it before I caught it.
It was an attempted throw, but it was a failed one. Would that be considered a drop in which case I would get to keep the frisbee, or would it be considered a legally thrown disc and result in a turnover?

[rrudnic]

Its a turnover, you can't catch your own throw without it being touched by another player.

[wwwake]

It sounds like it was just a mistake.  But Rrudnic is correct, you can't catch your own throw unless someone else touches it beforehand.  Incomplete passes/bad throws happen all the time, and that's just part of the game.  Also, just for clarification, drops do not go back to the thrower unless the mark knocks it out of your hand, in which case it's considered a "strip." 

[rrudnic]

Actually if I'm not mistaken its not even a strip, the call is just foul now.

[wwwake]

Actually if I'm not mistaken its not even a strip, the call is just foul now.

This is true, I was just trying to be more specific as to the type of foul in case someone were to contest.

[rrudnic]

True, I haven't exactly heard people going to foul anyway its still strip as far as most are concerned. I actually called foul and a guy started to argue with me and I was like its not strip anymore just foul.

[Kyle]

It sounds like it was just a mistake.  But Rrudnic is correct, you can't catch your own throw unless someone else touches it beforehand.  Incomplete passes/bad throws happen all the time, and that's just part of the game.  Also, just for clarification, drops do not go back to the thrower unless the mark knocks it out of your hand, in which case it's considered a "strip." 

This is actually incorrect.  If a thrower drops the disc (i.e. loses possession while not in the throwing motion) and they regain possession before the disc contacts the ground, it is considered to be the same possession. 

However, if they release the disc as part of the throwing motion (a throw or a fake) and they regain possession before it it's the ground, that is considered a turnover.

For strips, you may call either "strip" or "foul."

[wwwake]

It's not incorrect, you're just being more specific about other possible scenarios.  Your designations are accurate, but a dropped disc that falls to the ground is a turnover unless it's stripped.