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Flip en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Contraction of --- a clipping of Filipino.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background.
    • Later, the lieutenant came up to me. “Those dumb Flips finally got the message, right? […] 2002, Henry C Allan, H-Hour Plus Three: The Saga of the US Army Amphibious Engineers in the Pacific During World War II, →ISBN, page 188:
    • One of the children beckoned to me to try it and I started forward, but before I could move Ryland grabbed my coat. "They're fucking Flips, kid. The only way to play is to be better than they are. Go all the way to the top." 1993, Gary Paulsen, Eastern sun, winter moon: an autobiographical odyssey, →ISBN:

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Flip en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. A nickname for Philippa.