floppy

Etymology

From flop + -y.

adj

  1. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

noun

  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.
    "Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos. 1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla War it Never Lost, page 55
  3. (informal) A comic book.
    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 […] 2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way, page 226

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