different between floppy vs sloppy

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

Etymology

slop +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl?pi/
• Rhymes: -?pi

Adjective

sloppy (comparative sloppier, superlative sloppiest)

1. Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

   The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!

2. Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

   The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

3. Imprecise or loose.

   A sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit!

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Derived terms

• sloppiness
• sloppily
• sloppy drunk
• sloppy joe
• sloppy seconds

Translations

Further reading

• sloppy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sloppy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• polyps