floogy

Definitions

A nonce word with no fixed meaning

nonce-word

Examples

“Another haunt of the jivers and flat-foot floogies is the Cotton Club at 200 West Forty-eighth Street, where Duke Ellington plays.”

“Neither does it bother the floogy on the front seat, in pink slacks and a pseudo-sailor souvenir cap cocked on her synthetic curls.”

“Muriel Castanis's Flatbush Floogies are elegant, patinated-bronze relief murals showing female forms suspended from above, much like⟳ angels.”

“Nobody, unless he be a floogy boogy bird, who has been watching the accomplishments of the N. A. R. D. and the A. Ph. A. could even insinuate that we have⟳ not had a voice in Washington;”

“There are no pairs in this hand and only two cards in the same suit⟳. That's a floogie. It beats anything.”

“...if children lived on boats and didn't take⟳ to the water immediately, we would put⟳ "floogies" on their arms to keep⟳ them afloat and build⟳ confidence until they learned how to swim⟳.”

“"(Wilson) feels like⟳ sibling rivalry drives the world and that we are all somehow formed by our siblings," Rosen said. "He is tapping into universal aspects like⟳ noogies and floogies and Indian burns."”

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