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flop
 v.— «I’m just going to go out and see how they call the game and just play the game.…(Collins) is a real physical player. I just hope they let me get physical back. Usually when I try to get physical back, he flops and they fall for it. I just have to be smart.…He does the same thing that every other big man does —flop.…And the refs feels sorry for him. That’s it. You know that. They’re all the same. They all have their little flop fraternity. A “flopternity” is what I call them. Flop, flop, flop.» —“O’Neal expects New Jersey flops” by Jamey Eisenberg Palm Beach Post (Florida) May 7, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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