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Word: floperoo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...engineers, gravely fingering their hairy American ears, announced: "Thus far [its accuracy] is very poor, with a possible error of up to 50% in range-a complete floperoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Floperoo | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

Maney's most successful stunt was for The Squall, which opened as a floperoo. A line in the play ran "Nubi bad girl, Nubi stay." Reviewing The Squall in the old Life, Robert Benchley retched: "Nubi stay, Benchley go." Quickly Maney hoisted big ads reading: "See the play that made a streetwalker of Robert Benchley." The Squall ran over a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Portrait of a Press Agent | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

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