different between floppy vs baggy

English

Etymology

From flop +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?.pi/

• Rhymes: -?pi

Adjective

floppy (comparative floppier, superlative floppiest)

1. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
   • 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,

     The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.

Derived terms

• floppy disk, floppy disc

Translations

Noun

floppy (plural floppies)

1. (computing, dated) A floppy disk.
2. (military slang, Rhodesia, South Africa) An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.
   • 1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla War it Never Lost, p. 55:

     "Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos.

   Synonyms: terr, gook

3. (informal) A comic book.
   • 2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way (page 226)

     We suggest that the impact of comic books is greater than it may first appear. Though individual sales of floppies may be low compared to, say, dollar grosses on motion pictures or may reach fewer viewers than a summer blockbuster […]

Synonyms

• diskette

Derived terms

• mini-floppy
• micro-floppy
• flippy-floppy

Translations

Anagrams

• pop fly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Etymology 1

bag +? -y

Adjective

baggy (comparative baggier, superlative baggiest)

1. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

   Synonyms: loose, saggy; see also Thesaurus:loose-fitting

2. (music) Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
3. (figuratively) Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.

Descendants

• ? French: baggy

Translations

Noun

baggy (plural baggies)

1. (Britain) A member of the 1980/90s British music and fashion movement.

Etymology 2

Presumably back-formation from baggies (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name Baggies.

Alternative forms

• baggie

Noun

baggy (plural baggies)

1. A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
   • 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", Riverfront Times volume 32 number 10, page 10,

     In an accompanying affidavit, Apazeller reported that Onstott "has entered the kitchen with a handful of cocaine and asked for a plastic baggy."

2. Such a bag filled with marijuana.

Usage notes

• In British and Canadian colloquial usage (from at least the early 1980s) this especially applies to small self-sealing sandwich or freezer bags used for illicit purposes.

See also

• bag

French

Etymology

English baggy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.?i/

Adjective

baggy (plural baggys)

1. baggy

Noun

baggy m (plural baggys)

1. Loose-fitting trousers