Combination of flippant and shoddy. Lacking quality. Communication done in a weak manner without thought of consequence. Manifesting an attidude of indifference toward one's impact on others. Often observed in interpersonal communication. Additionally may be used pertaining to the creation of solutions or objects.
The channel/television show you flip to when the one you want to watch is on a commercial break. You've probably seen the flip show before or you enjoy the show but don't necessarily care what happens.
Person 1: "Ah, come on. You're watching this?"
Person 2: "No no no, this is just my flip show."
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”