slipslop

slipslop
\\ˈslipˌsläp\ noun
Etymology: reduplication of slop (II)
1. archaic : a watery food : a thin weak liquid : slops
a. : a verbal blunder : malapropism
b. : a person given to making such blunders
3. : shallow or meaningless talk or writing : twaddle

the mass of slipslop poured forth by the daily and weekly press — Frances Trollope

the miserable, twaddling slipslop that he is obliged to hear from and utter to her — W.M.Thackeray

4. [imitative] : a slip-slopping sound or movement

the scurry of a hare, the slipslop of my feet — J.A.Phillimore

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/slip"slop'/, n.
1. meaningless or trifling talk or writing.
2. Archaic. sloppy or weak food or drink.
[1665-75; gradational compound based on SLOP1]

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slipslop /slipˈslop/
noun
1. Sloppy stuff
2. Twaddle
3. A malapropism (from Mrs Slipslop in Fielding's Joseph Andrews)
4. A person who commits malaproprisms
5. A loose sandal
slipˈsloppy adjective

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