Floppy vs Baggy - What's the difference?
floppy | baggy |
As adjectives the difference between floppy and baggy is that floppy is limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible while baggy is of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. As nouns the difference between floppy and baggy is that floppy is (computing) a floppy disk while baggy is a small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
floppy English
Adjective
( er)
Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
* 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,
- The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.
Derived terms
* floppy disk, floppy disc
Noun
(floppies)
(computing) A floppy disk
Synonyms
* diskette
Derived terms
* mini-floppy
* micro-floppy
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baggy English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)
Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
Etymology 2
Presumably (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name .
Alternative forms
* baggie
Noun
( baggies)
A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
* 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", '' volume 32 number 10, page 10,
- In an accompanying affidavit, Apazeller reported that Onstott "has entered the kitchen with a handful of cocaine and asked for a plastic baggy ."
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