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floppies

floppies is the plural of floppy.

Meaning of floppy

Noun

floppy (plural floppies)

  1. (dated) A floppy disk.
  2. (Rhodesia, South Africa, slang) An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.
    • "Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos.1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla^([sic]) War It Never Lost, page 55
    Synonyms:
    terr, gook
  3. (informal) A comic book.
    • 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 […]2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way, page 226

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Phrases with floppies

Questions about floppies

What is floppies the plural of?
Floppies is the plural of floppy.

Words near floppies in the dictionary

  1. flopperoo
  2. flopperoos
  3. floppers
  4. floppie
  5. floppier
  6. floppies
  7. floppiest
  8. floppily
  9. floppin'
  10. floppiness
  11. flopping

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