slipslop

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Nonsense

   Nonsense; gibberish; twaddle.

   • It is an average specimen of the slipslop and real ignorance generally existing upon the subject.
   • The slipslop which Roman priests, and even the most dignified among the number, are not ashamed to send forth to the world, is something quite inconceivable to those, at least, who have not been nurtured on diet of this kind.
2. 2

   Poor writing

   Poor writing; text that is imprecise, weak, or overly informal.

   • Imaginary woes, and sentimental slipslop find no responsive chord; but to the historian, the statist, and the geographer, and those who unveil the mysteries of the physical sciences, the field is ever open.
3. 3

   A quantity of worthless things

   A quantity of worthless things; mess.

   • This story slips for ever through my fingers. I'm very sorry, but I cannot help it; going to sea has given me such a turn for rambling ; besides, I cannot spare the room for all my slipslop.
   • You wanted no one. I am the slipslop you called for.
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   1. 4

      Watery food or drink that is of inferior quality.

      • They vvere fed very poorly. Once a day they vvould get some slipslop.
      • 'Twas tea time by then, and I fancied a drop Of champagne or cognac—or any slipslop.
      • In your days of leisure, swallow cakes made of broken rice, or cook “slipslop congee”, and hold the bowl between your two hands and eat it with shrugged shoulders.
   2. 5

      A splashing, sloshing, or slapping sound.

      • The thought drove him forward the more quickly : he paddled strongly with alternate feet and was soon billowing through a regular slipslop of wavelets.
      • Only then did she hear the slipslop of a familiar footstep coming in through the gate.
      • The rumble of machinery is replaced by the slipslop of the sea against the hull and the splutterings of the VHF.
   3. 6

      Slipshod

      Slipshod; loose and imprecise.

      • But with how little benefit, the slipslop spelling of proper names and technical terms in official correspondence, and the barbarous names which crowd the face of the best Indian maps, bear witness?
      • Anything more slipslop than the way in which the inoculations are performed at the Rue d'Ulm it is impossible to imagine.
   4. 7

      Tending to flop or slide about.

      • It dawned on me, in a flash of insight, that slipslop dresses were just a temporary fad and that state of mind was more important than costume ...
      • An about late forties female in a red G-string swimming bottom with a see-through light yellow beach wrap, stooped to pick a small stone from her slipslop sandals.
   5. 8

      To move with a slapping or flopping action.

      • Both Ivor and Philip were cowed by this royal anger and they were silent for some time after she had slipslopped in her carpet slippers down the passage, muttering fiercely as she went.
      • One man punts ferociously at the front, his companion steers languidly from the back, and together they maneuver their craft, its load barely clear of the water, to catch the breeze in a tattered sail as they slipslop their way across.
      • She had a pair of old, oversized slippers on her feet that slipslopped as she walked.
   6. 9

      To slide about like waves.

      • Below, among dark mysteries of the under-wharf, the water placidly slipslopped; the sea-wind blew gently in, fluffing a lock of hair across my face.
      • They slipslopped and spilled over, some of their contents trickling back into the room, under the warped edge of the door.
      • The ample yellow yolk of it slipslopped back and forth in the pan, following the rocking of the ark.

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