flapsig

nonchalant, unheeding, impolite

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈflapsɪç/
Etymology

In summary

From Flaps (“lout, oaf, churl”) + -ig, ultimately from flapp, imitative of the sound of clapping. Further meanings developed in the German Low German [Term?] and Central German dialects and vernaculars. Compare German Flappe (“twisted mouth, hanging bottom lip”).

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