flopdom
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- (slang) The realm of flops or failures.
- 2003, Josquin Des Pres, Mark Landsman, Reality Check: Priceless Advice for Musicians:
- But, in truth, Guy is a flop for a reason: despite his artistic talent, he's embraced flopdom with open arms!
- 2007 April 8, Charles Isherwood, “Take a Bow, Loser, the Spotlight’s Yours”, in New York Times[1]:
- Exhibit A in the case for the country’s new love affair with flopdom would have to be “American Idol,” arguably the most influential showbiz phenomenon of the last decade.