flappable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flappable
First recorded in 1965–70; back formation from unflappable
Example Sentences
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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
The one chicken in every spot at Far West sports and public events is the flappable radio station KGB chicken from San Diego.
From Time Magazine Archive
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