floptastic

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adjective

Of an attempt or endeavor, spectacularly unsuccessful.

OriginEnglish fantastic ← Middle French fantastique ← Late Latin phantasticus →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. rareslangOf an attempt or endeavor, spectacularly unsuccessful.

    So, the better to be an asshole, I decided to write a blog post about my floptastic endeavors to get laid.

    2016, Lucy Woodhull, 667 Ways to F*ck Up My Life, page 117
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    She had more luck with soppy flick The Delinquents and comedy Bio-Dome, but we assume Hayride To Hell was also floptastic - has anyone ever heard of it?

    2002 June 24, Lili2, “Kylie's voice not good enough for Baz Luhrman opera remake”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet)

    Now that Ashanti's career runs three albums deep, not including 2003's floptastic Ashanti's Christmas, it's high time Inc head Irv Gotti put the Mary J. Blige comparisons to rest.

    2004, Andy Kellman, “Concrete Rose Review”, in AllMusic Review

Origin

  1. Englishflop
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  5. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  6. Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
  7. Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
  8. Late Latinphantasticus
  9. Middle Frenchfantastique
  10. Englishfantastic
  11. Englishfloptastic

Blend of flop + fantastic, equivalent to flop + -tastic.

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APA

floptastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floptastic

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“floptastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floptastic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floptastic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floptastic.

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