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flopperoo
flopperoo N. Amer. colloq. (ˌflɒpəˈruː) Also floperoo. [f. flop v. 2 d; cf. -eroo.] A flop, failure.1936 in Amer. Speech (1937) XII. 18/2 John Oliver in the Richmond News-Leader for Dec. 26, 1936, terms Georgia Tech the ‘greatest flopperoo’ in football of the sports season. 1945 Lou Shelly Jive Talk...
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-eroo
-eroo factitious slang suffix as in boozeroo, brusheroo (brush n.2 8 b), flopperoo. U.S. formations in -eroo, -aroo (e.g. buckaroo) are discussed in Amer. Speech (1942) XVII. 10f, and in T. Pyles Words & Ways Amer. Eng. (1952) 199.1964 Guardian 8 July 7/6 Those jerkeroos feel embarrassed.
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Comet Kohoutek
Russell Baker described the comet as "the biggest flopperoo since 'Kelly' hit Broadway" and "the Edsel of the firmament", among other witty metaphors.
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ker-
ker- U.S. vulgar. Also occasionally ke-, ca-, ka-, che-, co-. The first element in numerous onomatopœic or echoic formations intended to imitate the sound or the effect of the fall of some heavy body, as kerchunk, ker-flop, ker-plunk, ker-slam, ker-slap, ker-slash, ker-souse, ker-swash, ker-swosh, k...
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