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flippy-floppy, a. colloq. Brit. |ˈflɪpɪˌflɒpi|, U.S. |ˈflɪpiˌflɑpi| [A reduplication with vowel variation of floppy adj. Compare flip-flop v. at flip-flop n. Derivatives.] = floppy adj. 1.
1905V. Colby Jrnl. 10 Nov. in M. H. Carpenter Sara Teasdale (1960) 73 She knew it would be dog's-eared and skinny and flippy-floppy like the Ladies' Home Journal. 1922D. Cory Iceberg Express 14 The breeze suddenly blew it to one side, and there on the sand, instead of her two little shoes, was a mermaid's tail, with a flippy-floppy fin on the end! 1995Scotsman 21 Oct. (WeekEnd section) 10/1 Why are all the major working Scottish pop bands Glaswegian, and all the dipso flippy-floppy avant-jazzers from the Burg? 2003Sunday Territorian (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Jan. 23 Let's face it, the Pommie with the goo-goo eyes and flippy floppy hair only ever acts as himself, a sort of feckless, loose goose with a few bob. |