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flappable

American  
[flap-uh-buhl] / ˈflæp ə bəl /

adjective

Informal.
  1. easily upset or confused, especially under stress.


Etymology

Origin of flappable

First recorded in 1965–70; back formation from unflappable


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Barack Obama and Tater, 2016 The flappable bird vs. the unflappable president.

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2021

I wasn’t stoic or unflappable, in fact, I was extremely flappable, most things could have me flapped!

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2019

If there’s one man who knows his stuff, knows where all the bodies are buried, and isn’t flappable, it’s Tom Crone.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2011

For an hour and a half in the field Strauss was distinctly flappable as the iron discipline of the England pace attack disintegrated against Australia's muscular lower order.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2011

Accordingly, he is already moving to underscore Nixon's record as a "cold warrior" and a flappable politician in an era that calls for coolness.

From Time Magazine Archive

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