slipslop
Americannoun
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meaningless or trifling talk or writing.
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Archaic. sloppy or weak food or drink.
noun
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archaic weak or unappetizing food or drink
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informal maudlin or trivial talk or writing
Etymology
Origin of slipslop
First recorded in 1665–75; gradational compound based on slop 1
Example Sentences
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A couple of centuries ago, English also had the term slipslop as a label for more plausible errors of this kind.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2016
Using upmost for utmost is a slipslop that the gripers particularly love to hate.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2016
It was also public relations for his magnum opus, Proverbial Philosophy, a galaxy of truisms dressed up in a slipslop rhythmic prose.
From Time Magazine Archive
Individual words themselves are always used by them in their precise meaning, without either affectation or slipslop.
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To take the adjective from the Church, and apply it to the individual partisan, is recognized slipslop, but not ground of argument.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
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