flop (v.)
c.1600, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound. Sense of "fall or drop heavily" is 1836, that of "collapse, fail" is 1919; though the figurative noun sense of "a failure" is recorded from 1893.
More interestingly, however, was that while searching for that aforementioned article, I came across something interesting in the 'Entertainment' section of this article.
Stans our impact
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Originally posted by iHypeMusic
It's not even stans. Rappers have been using that word forever.
50 Cent, Nelly, Jay-Z, etc have songs from early 2000's that talk about other rappers flopping.
nn maybe I just haven't paid attention but I have never heard of it/read it anywhere until I entered the stan world, now it seems like it's everywhere, esp recently
I mean Forbes and newspapers saying stuff as Madonna's latest album, MDNA, was a flop, or Art Flop is just a whole other level
nn maybe I just haven't paid attention but I have never heard of it/read it anywhere until I entered the stan world, now it seems like it's everywhere, esp recently
I mean Forbes and newspapers saying stuff as Madonna's latest album, MDNA, was a flop, or Art Flop is just a whole other level
'Flop' has been used for DECADES omg I'm sure you can find old periodicals saying a play flopped dismally in like the 1940s
And miss the satisfaction of Dr Luke strangling Ke$ha to death with her microphone because she coughed during recording?
And here I thought "Maleficent" was going to underperform because of bad acting (from Angelina Jolie),
a clichéd story, and contrived writing: "There is evil in this world. Hatred. And revenge." But, all the
while, it'll flop because it's "too scary"? Now that's what we call a twist, ladies and gentlemen.
not kworb shading G.U.Y in its own thread like that.
