Flip

See also: flip and FLIP

English

Etymology

Shortening of Filipino.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Noun

Flip (plural Flips)

1. (slang, chiefly derogatory, ethnic slur) A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background.
   • 1993, Gary Paulsen, Eastern sun, winter moon: an autobiographical odyssey‎^[1], →ISBN:

     One of the children beckoned to me to try it and I started forward, but before I could move Ryland grabbed my coat. "They're fucking Flips, kid. The only way to play is to be better than they are. Go all the way to the top."

   • 2002, Henry C Allan, H-Hour Plus Three: The Saga of the US Army Amphibious Engineers in the Pacific During World War II‎^[2], →ISBN, page 188:

     Later, the lieutenant came up to me. “Those dumb Flips finally got the message, right? […]