Etymology tree
English flop
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English floppy
From flop + -y.
Meanings
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:
es flojo (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · fr souple (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · de schlaff (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · la flaccidus (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · grc πλαδαρός (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · fi lerppu (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · bg отпуснат (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · es desplomoso (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · ga liobarnach (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · el πλαδαρός (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · it floscio (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · et lõtv (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · zh 懶散的 /懒散的 (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · nl slap (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · it floscia (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · ja だらしない (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · es colapsoso (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · is linur (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · ru ги́бкий (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · ko 느슨한 (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · bg увиснал (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · da slap (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible) · pt flexível (limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible)
Etymology tree
English flop
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English floppy
From flop + -y.
Meanings
(dated) A floppy disk.
(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:
it dischetto ((computing) a floppy disk) · el δισκέτα ((computing) a floppy disk) · fi lerppu ((computing) a floppy disk) · da diskette ((computing) a floppy disk) · zh 磁碟 ((computing) a floppy disk) · it disco flessibile ((computing) a floppy disk) · es disquete ((computing) a floppy disk) · fi korppu ((computing) a floppy disk) · fr disquette ((computing) a floppy disk) · ja フロッピー ((computing) a floppy disk) · mr फ्लॉपी ((computing) a floppy disk) · fi levyke ((computing) a floppy disk) · ru диске́та ((computing) a floppy disk) · it disco floscio ((computing) a floppy disk) · pt disco flexível ((computing) a floppy disk) · zh 磁盘 ((computing) a floppy disk) · it floppy ((computing) a floppy disk) · da floppydisk ((computing) a floppy disk) · de Floppy Disc ((computing) a floppy disk) · it floppy disk ((computing) a floppy disk) · de Diskette ((computing) a floppy disk) · ko 플로피 ((computing) a floppy disk) · bg диске́та ((computing) a floppy disk)