floppy meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

floppy

adj

/ˈflɒ.pi/

Etymology From flop + -y.

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.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 3:

Synonyms: flopsy
Derived terms: flip-floppy, flippy floppy, flippy-floppy, floppily, floppiness, floppy baby syndrome, floppy disk, floppy disc, floppy diskette, floppy eyelid syndrome, floppy infant syndrome, floppy trunk syndrome, floppy-wristed, floptical, intraoperative floppy iris syndrome, stringy floppy, superfloppy

noun

Etymology From flop + -y.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Dated A floppy disk.

Government, Military, Politics, War 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:

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:

Derived terms: flippy, flippy disc, flippy disk, flippy diskette, flippy floppy, flippy-floppy, floppy disc drive, floppy disk drive, floppy diskette drive, floppy drive, floppyful, micro floppy, micro-floppy, microfloppy, mini floppy, mini-floppy, minifloppy
Hypernyms: disc, disk
Hyponyms: diskette, flippy, flippy disc, flippy disk, flippy diskette, flippy floppy, flippy-floppy, floppy diskette, micro floppy, micro-floppy, microfloppy, mini floppy, mini-floppy, minifloppy