Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tending to flop or hang; loose and flexible.
- noun A floppy disk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a tendency to flop or flap; flapping: as, a floppy hat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Having a tendency to flop or flap.
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- adjective
Limp , not hard, firm, or rigid;flexible . - noun computing A
floppy disk
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective hanging limply
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
Etymologies
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Examples
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I use the term floppy because, well, they are, for one thing and also, to differentiate between monthly, floppy comics and the world's comics of preference, those with a spine and (usually) a complete story, graphic novels.
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I use the term floppy because, well, they are, for one thing and also, to differentiate between monthly, floppy comics and the world's comics of preference, those with a spine and (usually) a complete story, graphic novels.
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The 3. 5in floppy disk, once an icon of the computer age, is to be cleared from the shelves of PC World as demand for disks plummets.
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I don't normally go outside in floppy pants and a sweatshirt.
barely. functional. jlassen 2006
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In your case John, I think a 3 floppy is more appropriate.
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A shrink-wrapped version of Windows 95 on floppy, is included with the laptop.
Boing Boing: September 29, 2002 - October 5, 2002 Archives 2002
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Perhaps a “me day” every so often is not out of order, a day to wander around the house in floppy yoga pants and yellow slipper socks, a day to eat only toast with honey or chocolate cake if those are the things the palate desires, a day to have an open book on every comfy chair in the house, ready to be picked up as you amble through the room, a day of not answering telephones, not paying bills, not reading the mail.
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That's what one recent study has found with regard to a rare eye disorder called floppy eyelid syndrome
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Link Between Sleep Apnea and Eye Disorders 2010
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Therefore a “blank” floppy, which is known to be “blank”, contains zero Shannon bits of information.
The Silliest Thing Yet, or Sheer Genius? - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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A style guide is also helpful: “Is it called a floppy disc or a diskette?”.
scarequotes commented on the word floppy
New sense:
https://charlessoule.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/on-an-age-old-controversy-floppy-or-trade/
For those who don’t already know, a “floppy” is one of several comic industry terms for the 22-page pamphlet that many of us think of as the classic “comic book.” In most cases, they’re published for their respective series on a monthly basis (like magazines), and you can find them in comics specialty shops and at some newsstands and bookstores.
October 18, 2015