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The earliest rap battles, invented by Scotsmen

Ritual, poetic exchange of insults practised mainly between the 5th and 16th centuries. The root is the Old English word flītan meaning quarrel.

Also known as fliting
Like ane boisteous bull, ye rin and ryde
Royatouslie, lyke ane rude rubatour
Ay fukkand lyke ane furious fornicatour

-Sir David Lyndsay, (The Answer Which Sir David Lyndsay made to the King's Flyting), 1536.
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A rap battle for the higher-minded beings
Example of flyting:
Maggoty mutton, gorged glutton, scurrilous certain heir to Hillhouse,
Rank beggar, oyster-dredger, dismal debtor on the lawn,
Lily-livered, soul-shivered, cheap as slivers in the millhouse,
Bard baiter, thief of nature, false traitor, devil's spawn.

- Dunbar about Kennedy
Flyting by Basser12 April 6, 2024
Flyting means when you fly in the sky and fight in the sky
"hey look Superman And Lex Luthor is Flyting"
Flyting by デンクスワン February 15, 2025

flying V guitar player 

Someone who plays the style of guitar that's called a flying V.
Dale's a Badass flying V guitar player! Pure raw talent & genius

flying lasagna 

Flying lasagna is military slang, for a body being torn to pieces and going airborne, due to ordinance blast effects.
The RPG round, turned 2 snipers into flying lasagna!
flying lasagna by I, Wreckerrr October 11, 2016

Flying Turd 

This is an aircraft, aka aircrap, that is a performance, maintenance and safety problem.
That old TB - 36 is a real flying turd, the only thing worst than trying to get it off the ground is trying to fly it!
Flying Turd by I, Wreckerrr November 30, 2020

flying hard 

- Hey Tom, how was the marathon?
- Good, except i was flying hard half of the race.
flying hard by flying hard May 11, 2011