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floptastic

adj

Etymology

Blend of flop + fantastic, equivalent to flop + -tastic.

  1. derived from *bʰeh₂-✻
  2. derived from φᾰντᾰστῐκός
  3. derived from phantasticus
  4. borrowed from fantastique
  5. compounded as floptastic — “flop + fantastic”

Definitions

  1. Of an attempt or endeavor, spectacularly unsuccessful.

    • She had more luck with soppy flick The Delinquents and comedy Bio-Dome, but we assume Hayride To Hell was also floptastic - has anyone ever heard of it?
    • Now that Ashanti's career runs three albums deep, not including 2003's floptastic Ashanti's Christmas, it's high time Inc head Irv Gotti put the Mary J. Blige comparisons to rest.
    • So, the better to be an asshole, I decided to write a blog post about my floptastic endeavors to get laid.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA