Word for the day flounce

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Josiah

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flounce
flouns

verb

1. go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner.
"she stood up in a fury and flounced out"
synonyms: storm, stride angrily, sweep, stomp, stamp, march, strut
"she flounced off to her room"
move with exaggerated motions.
"she flounced around, playing the tart and flirting"

noun

1. an exaggerated action, typically intended to express one's annoyance or impatience.
"she left the room with a flounce"

This word seems rather gender specific (female) and I think if I had a deeper understanding of the word, I'd understand women/girls better. I suppose one can flounce in jeans, but I suppose it comes off better in a skirt.

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Josiah, excuse me for adding to your definition, but here it is:

Flounce as noun:

a flounce is a part of a skirt or dress that is gathered like a frill, as seen in the picture above of Scarlett in your dress with multiple flounces. That would be where the verb meaning would come from, as you probably are aware
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When I was little, my mother would add a flounce to my dresses to make them presentable as I outgrew the length. No problem with the width as I was rail thin. Some of those flounces? I just hoped I'd grow so much that there was nothing more she could do. They were usually butt ugly!
 
"Well, I am OUT of here. You people enjoy your little discussion" :mad:
(flounces, after composing a farewell post, or two or three :rolleyes:)

Where the devil is hollydolly? She's missing all this. I'm gonna PM her.
 
applecruncher said:
Love this word! PAGING HOLLYDOLLY!!! :)
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I am here Page received loud and clear...OMG!!!... you're taking my name in Vain Josiah...You Sir have gone too far this time...I am the world Champion flouncer, and I will have no other definition of the word than ''HOLLYDOLLY''...do you hear me...I mean it, ...

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:playful::playful::playful:
 
Help me Holly and Applecruncher what is it about flouncing that moves you gals into a higher quantum energy level. I mean all the word suggests to me is the behavior or a particularly spoiled teenage girl.
 
Josiah - it's just that (for me)the word conjures up images of people posting Goodbye Cruel Forum threads (here and elsewhere), which can be amusing and eyeroll inducing. Yes - definitely juvenile.

I also recall a relative flouncing out of a picnic in a huff because she asked for people's opinions about a problem and a few people told her things she didn't want to hear. I'm just glad she left the potato salad - it was tasty. :)
 
Ya know, I never heard that expression til I saw it on this forum. Do you need to be wearin' a special dress to do it, or can you do it in pants, do you need special equipment, like maybe a shawl or fan? What about hair style, can you flip a curl as you go? It sounds complicated. I don't think we have it in Canada. LOL :D
 
I've never seen a man actually do the 'flounce', but some of them suddenly have to do something, or go somewhere in a hurry.

Another question: does it require special footwork, a skip, a little jump, a bounce? Holly must know. LOL

May we dub her the 'Flouncin' Queen'? LOL
 
I also saw someone (I think it was Quicksilver) refer to it as the Hair Flip.

I've seen a few men flounce, but it's often accompanied with four-letter parting words and a door slam.
 
Cookie said:
I've never seen a man actually do the 'flounce', but some of them suddenly have to do something, or go somewhere in a hurry.

Another question: does it require special footwork, a skip, a little jump, a bounce? Holly must know. LOL

May we dub her the 'Flouncin' Queen'? LOL
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yes ma'am you may, because I am the self appointed queen of the flounce, ... I have flounced from better places than this you know...hrrrmppph!!:rolleyes:
 
Josiah said:
Help me Holly and Applecruncher what is it about flouncing that moves you gals into a higher quantum energy level. I mean all the word suggests to me is the behavior or a particularly spoiled teenage girl.
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Actually in reality it's just a ridiculous thing to do on a forum tbh...flouncing out of the room in a huff is one thing, but flouncing out of a forum is so ridiculous it's hysterical...get angry , say your piece, don't post again, but flouncing is an action and totally lost on a forum..which is what makes it so amusing when someone does it..
 
holly, maybe you should consider giving Flouncing seminars (for a fee, of course).

Cookie brings up some interesting questions/issues regarding appropriate flounce demeanor and techniques.

ETA - and what about support groups online and IRL for victims of flouncing? Also, should employers, clubs, and forum administrators be required to post their flouncing policies?
 
Shalimar said:
Sure, Holly, we know the kind of places you flounce from. You a nd I both have friends in low places, see you there playing Hand ball off the curb! Big Hugs!
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Oi ...LOL...don't be making all our secrets public, thought we agreed we'd let 'em think we're Gooood girls :playful::love_heart:
 

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