floppa
English
Etymology
Referencing an Instagram photograph entitled "Big Floppa" or just "Floppa", featuring a caracal with long, floppy ears.
Noun
floppa (plural floppas)
- (DoggoLingo) A caracal (Caracal caracal), especially one kept as an exotic pet.
Further reading
- “Big Floppa”, in Know Your Meme, website first launched 2007
Swedish
Etymology
From English flop + -a. First attested in 1971.
Verb
floppa (present floppar, preterite floppade, supine floppat, imperative floppa)
- to flop (to fail, of a movie, album, etc.) [from 1970s]
Conjugation
active | passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | floppa | — | ||
supine | floppat | — | ||
imperative | floppa | — | ||
imper. plural1 | floppen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | floppar | floppade | — | — |
ind. plural1 | floppa | floppade | — | — |
subjunctive2 | floppe | floppade | — | — |
present participle | floppande | |||
past participle | — |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
- flopp (“a flop”)