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Word: flakey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

Although nicknamed "Snake" because of his unusual flexibility, there is nothing serpentine about Naber's cheery, flakey personality. He offers competitors back-slapping encouragement before races; after sinking his rivals he has been known to celebrate by throwing roses to the crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: TRY FOR A LAST HURRAH | 7/19/1976 | See Source »

...wear my hair and who I should associate with. Tired of white professors who would not dare to go into a black ghetto without a police escort, telling me why black people acted the way they did and what should be done to make them "Normal Americans". Tired of flakey white students who worshipped me as a "colored" athlete but never respected me as a black...

Author: By Sid Williams, | Title: A Few Words Before I Go | 5/2/1972 | See Source »

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