megaflop
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of megaflop
C20: from mega- + flo ( ating ) p ( oint )
Example Sentences
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Remember RIPD, the megaflop starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds as a pair of cops on the supernatural beat?
From The Guardian • May 19, 2017
His exit comes after Disney was forced to take a $200 million write-down tied to the science-fiction megaflop “John Carter.”
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2012
How to make a megaflop MEL BROOKS’S classic comedy, “The Producers”, tells of two crooks who try to cheat their investors by producing a sure-fire theatrical flop.
From Economist • Mar. 29, 2012
But “John Carter” looks set to be a megaflop, down there with “Heaven’s Gate”, “Ishtar” and “Cutthroat Island”.
From Economist • Mar. 29, 2012
Retailing is still dodgy: Virgin megastores were a megaflop in Germany, but are thriving from Los Angeles to Paris to Tokyo.
From Time Magazine Archive
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