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Floppy

//ˈflɒ.pi// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

    "The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns."

Adjective
  1. 1
    hanging limply wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A floppy disk. dated
  2. 2
    a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer wordnet
  3. 3
    An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot. Rhodesia, South-Africa, slang

    ""Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos."

  4. 4
    A comic book. informal

    "We suggest that the impact of comic books is greater than it may first appear. Though individual sales of floppies may be low compared to, say, dollar grosses on motion pictures or may reach fewer viewers than a summer blockbuster […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From flop + -y.

Etymology 2

From flop + -y.

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