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Flipping

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1911, OED Evaluation: Slang

Used as a substitute for a strong expletive. Usually derogatory

ExampleMeaning
Racoon-tail hat? Like it was either Eatons or The- Bay but it sold two-hundred-and-fifty-thousand of these flipping hats.
Used as a substitute for a strong expletive. Usually derogatory
Speaker: Alexandra Ponce, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 28, Interview: 2004, Toronto
ExampleMeaning
So I'm flipping through, and I'm always looking for stuff.
Used as a substitute for a strong expletive. Usually derogatory
Speaker: Brian Tollan, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 50, Interview: 2013, Almonte
ExampleMeaning
It came in on the phone lines and it blew the flipping phone completely off the wall and then w-- wet the ground under the old cistern pump.
Used as a substitute for a strong expletive. Usually derogatory
Speaker: Lon Thicksson, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 65, Interview: 2013, Almonte
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