flop, flopping

[Victor Steinbok]

A couple more comments.

OED has flop n.1, but there is no flop n.2 that I could find. OED is
also missing "flop" or "flops" as a measure of computer "speed" (also
megaflops, gigaflops and teraflops), as in "FLoating point OPerations
[per second]". Perhaps that's going to become flop n.2.

Of course, if flop v. and its derivative flopping were to include the
sports meaning, so should the flop n.1.

Flop n.1 4.b. seems to be a precursor and an equivalent of a "flip-flop"
(and, contrary to popular belief, it's not a precursor by much--if at all!).

There is also potentially a flop as the sound of flapping wings, but
that's going tii be hard to document.

     VS-)

On 5/16/2012 4:40 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> Soccer players take dives, NBA players are guilty of flopping.
>
> http://goo.gl/4Twg4
>
> http://goo.gl/yhSbL
>
> Don't know how closely this has been covered. Dictionaries are well
> behind on this one. Even UD gives it a miss.
>
> But also consider this references to soccer flopping:
>
> http://goo.gl/xMyp0
>> Flopping is not really a significant part of soccer.
>
> I added the corresponding entry in Wictionary--we'll see if there are
> any further additions there.
>
>     VS-)

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