fally-aparty en · ADJ
Etymology
From fall apart + -y.
Meanings
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(informal) Tending to fall apart.
As I had the pleasure of eating potatoes almost every day for three months in Ireland I came to realise that the only potato they like is a flour ball — sweet, fluffy and fally-aparty, cooked in the skin, peeled at the table and helped down with a forkful of butter.
2016, Peta Mathias, Burnt Barley, unnumbered page:[…] He's keeping money flowing in, but really what he wants is some half-cocked mechanical solution to your kind's fally-aparty problems.”
2019, Stephen Kozeniewski, Braineater Jones, unnumbered page:Lucy scowled at him, jabbing a fork in his direction and trying not to smile. 'It's your fault – my cakes aren't usually so . . . fally-aparty.'
2015, Kerry Wilkinson, Down Among the Dead Men, page 315:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most fally-aparty | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more fally-aparty | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |