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Pronunciation: Midwestern U.S. /Flahp-hahp/, Utah /Flawp-Hawp/

Inflections: Not a Linguist.

Etymology: <Western United States flophop< flop- past tense of flip, effect of flipping, + -hop- present tense of jump, a short jump; both elements< Standard American.

A. v.

1. Going from one restaurant to the next in search of pancakes. The act usually involves intoxication.

Compounds

flophop fork n. a utensil, usually somewhat metallic, to puncture and eat a given pancake.
flophop knife n. a utensil, also usually somewhat metallic, that slices a given pancake.

Historical References

The art of flophopping has a distinct history dating back to the proto-hockey player. Wayne Gretzky was known to flophop.
A: The whiskey is gone.
B: Sounds good to me, let's flophop, I love pancakes.
flophop by Anonymark November 25, 2013
Words you can keep

flophouse 

Any house/apartment/frat house/trailer/etc. which is used for individuals to crash (sleep, chill, hang out, lurk, etc.) for a period of time. In order to "crash", one must not actually live there (e.g. have their name on the lease, own said flophouse, etc.). Flophouses are typically used by college students, drug addicts, transients, vagrants, or other unsavory characters.

A flophouse may also be the home owned by the parents of a college student, who after being away at college, wishes to live as if he/she is still at college (e.g. staying out all night, returning just to crash at mom and dad's house, then leaving again), rather than conforming to the pre-college rules.
Example #1
Dude: (Talking to someone passed out face first on the floor of his college apartment) Hey man, who the hell are you? What do you think this is, a flophouse??

Bro: Sorry dude, I must have passed out for a minute.

Example #2
Mom: Where have you BEEN for the last three days? You come home just to sleep?? What do you think this is, a flophouse??!!

Son: What's your problem? I'm an adult now!
flophouse by J3553 November 21, 2007
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floptopia is one of the most iconic gcs full of flops on stan twitter ever. some of the best ppl on stan twitter are on it. with toulousgrand3 being the maker of the gc, you already know its about to be amazing. floptopia has had its share of being cancelled and problematic and have caused wars with other gcs but we stay superior. stan layla, niki, anesa, ashton, mae, and all the baddies in floptopia for clear skin.
"omg did you here about the best gc on stan twitter called floptopia? i heard everyone in that gc has a volumptious gorilla grip bussy?"
FLOPTOPIA by choluiana grande October 12, 2020

flophobia 

an infamous stan twitter tiktoker who speaks out the facts and never let thr other flops flop them down. flophobia is close to a permanent ban from tiktok.
"flophobia is retiring soon!?!"
"i didnt know that :("
floptopia is the most iconic gc on twitter.
i would do anything to be in floptopia!
floptopia sounds like so much fun

flophouse 

A run-down boarding house for bums, hobos, and other transients. Not used anymore.
"Get those street-Arabs out of my shop and into the flop-house where they belong!"

Angry shopkeep, c. 1890
flophouse by JakeStar August 9, 2005
Any portable computer with a clamshell form factor that is damaged in a particular manner. The clutcbes that hold the screen portion open at the desired angle have failed, meaning that the screen require some other sort of support, otherwise it 'flops' to a full open position all the time.
"I got a secondhand iBook, it was really cheap because it's a floptop"
floptop by Shalroth May 15, 2005
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