Etymology

friendslop

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Today it means: Co-operative multi-player video games as a genre, typified by low-budget, low-cost indie games intended to motivate friend groups to purchase and play together. Full definition →

English slop ← Middle English *sloppe? ← Old English *sloppe
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  3. Proto-Germanic*frijōną
  4. Proto-Germanic*frijōndz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*friund
  6. Old Englishfrēond
  7. Middle Englishfrend
  8. Englishfriend
  9. Old Englishslyppe
  10. Old English*sloppe
  11. Middle English*sloppe?
  12. Englishslop
  13. English todayfriendslop

From friend + -slop (“low-quality thing”).

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