Newly wed wife to her husband:
"That is why I can"t stand you – you are so unpredictable. On Monday you liked the potatoes, Tuesday you liked the potatoes, Wednesday you liked the potatoes, Thursday you said you loved the potatoes preparation, Friday you liked the potatoes, Saturday you liked the potatoes and now all of a sudden on Sunday you say that you don"t like potatoes."
adj. (-ier, -iest) (usu. Of a girl) frivolous, fickle, changeable. flightiness n.
FLIPPER
n. - broad flat limb of a turtle, penguin, etc., used in swimming.
- similar rubber foot attachment for underwater swimming.
- slang hand.
FLITTER
v. Flit about; flutter. [from *flit]
FLOOZIE
n. (also floozy) (pl. -ies) colloq. Esp. Disreputable girl or woman. [origin unknown]
FLORIST
n. Person who deals in or grows flowers. [latin flos *flower]
FLORUIT
—v. Flourished; lived and worked (of a painter, writer, etc., whose exact dates are unknown). —n. Period or date of working etc. [latin, = he or she flourished]
FLOTSAM
and jetsam n. - odds and ends.
- vagrants.
- n. Wreckage found floating. [anglo-french: related to *float]
FLOUNCE
—v. (-cing) (often foll. By away, about, off, out) go or move angrily or impatiently (flounced out in a huff). —n. Flouncing movement. [origin unknown]
- —n. Frill on a dress, skirt, etc. —v. (-cing) trim with flounces. [alteration of frounce pleat, from french]
FLOWERS
of sulphur n. Fine powder produced when sulphur evaporates and condenses.
