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flippy, a. orig. U.S.
Brit. |ˈflɪpi|, U.S. |ˈflɪpi|
[‹ flip v. + -y suffix1. Compare earlier flippy-floppy adj. With sense 1 compare also flip n.2 5.]
1. colloq. Crazy, weird, peculiar.
1957J. Kerouac Let. 17 May in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 35 Neal's wife mad at me now for being bad influence on him, says at least you had ‘a motive’—flippy world. 1968H. S. Thompson Let. 25 Mar. in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 47 If I seem a bit flippy from being threatened at every corner of my consciousness, you'll have to pardon it at least long enough to remember your job. 1974R. Price Wanderers 33 Everyone knew his mother and father were flippy. 2001B. Hatch Internat. Gooseberry 116 You're being really flippy tonight. I don't know whether I like you any more.
2. That flips or flicks up; esp. (of a relatively short, flared skirt) designed so that it flips up slightly as the wearer walks. Cf. earlier flippy-floppy adj.
1964N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Mar. ii. 47 (advt.) The skirt is flippy. The cutaway jacket has brass buttons and the white blouse has a little rolled collar. 1969New Yorker 7 June 56/2 He is, in the idiom of tennis, very tough at cat-and-mouse—the texture of the game in which both players, near the net, exchange light, flippy shots, acutely angled and designed for inaccessibility. 1979Washington Post 7 Nov. b6/2 He is a master sweater designer, the best being snug-fitting short sweaters worn with flippy short skirts, or better still, soft trousers that cut off above the ankle. 1983Golf Mag. (Nexis) Apr. 99 But while my wrists break, or cock, on the backstroke, it is not a flippy stroke largely because of the pressure exerted on the handle by the thumbs and right forefinger. 2003Daily Tel. 7 Mar. 22/4 Contoured jackets with big sleeves were worn with shorts or flippy skirts, revealing Armani's new obsession—the leg—in plain and patterned hose. |