flop

What it means

A "flop" is a complete failure or something that fell flat despite expectations or effort. Can describe a botched plan, a disappointing album release, or as a verb — "the party flopped" means it didn't deliver.

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Examples

• That party was a total flop, only three people came.
• Her new single straight up flopped, no one streamed it.
• I tried the recipe and it was an absolute flop.
• We hyped that movie for months and it flopped hard.

Where it comes from

A long-standing English term for a failure, kept alive and amplified in stan and pop-culture circles on Twitter and Tumblr to roast underperforming releases.

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