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Flatty vs Flitty - What's the difference?

flatty | flitty |

As a noun flatty

is (regional|slang) a flatfish.

As an adjective flitty is

(archaic) unstable, fluttering.

flatty

English

Noun

(flatties)
  • (regional, slang) A flatfish
  • (slang) Anything flat (a flat battery, a flat tire, flat terrain etc.)
  • (archaic, US, slang) A policeman.

    • See also

    *flattie

    flitty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (archaic) unstable, fluttering
  • Ostentatiously effeminate
  • * {{quote-news, year=1995, date=September 8, author=Peter Margasak, title=Edwyn Collins, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=His once flitty warble has deepened into a quavery David Bowie/Iggy Pop croon, and it perfectly suits the new record's mix of quasi soul and somber guitar pop. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1999, date=December 24, author=Albert Williams, title=Lean and Mean, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=In each scenario, the mother worries whether her flitty son (Garcia) will ever marry. " }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2001, date=February 23, author=Albert Williams, title=Springtime for Mel Brooks, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Some observers may be taken aback by Brooks's treatment of homosexuality: while the subject was only a side theme in the movie, here it's placed front and center in the character of Roger and his flitty "common-law assistant," Carmen Ghia. }}

    Synonyms

    (ostentatiously homosexual)

    References

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