Some of the air force pilots were f lat-hat-
ting over the desert when one of them
crashed.flatheadn. a stupid person. Carl, don’t
act like such a f lathead. He may seem
slow, but Carl is no f lathead.
flatheadedmod. stupid. That is really a
f latheaded idea, you know? Martin
seems f latheaded, but he’s quite brilliant.
flatlinein. to die. (From the flatness of the
line on an EEG monitor.) It appeared
that the patient f latlined during the night.
She just grabbed at her chest and f lat-
lined.
(flat) on one’s ass 1. mod. completely ex-
hausted. (Usually objectionable.) I’m
just f lat on my ass. I need some rest. Af-
ter the day of the marathon, Pete was f lat
on his ass for a week. 2. mod. broke; fi-
nancially destroyed. (Usually objection-
able. An elaboration offlat broke.)
Sorry, I can’t help you. I’m broke—f lat on
my ass. The guy’s f lat on his ass. Can
you help him out with a loan?
flat out 1. mod. totally. She was f lat out
mad as hell. We were all f lat out dis-
gusted. 2. mod. at top speed. They
drove the thing f lat out for an hour. If
we run f lat out, we can get there before
dusk.
flattentv. to knock someone down with a
blow. Bart f lattened the kid with a jab
to the nose. Wilbur will f latten his
opponent.
flattyGo to flatfoot.
fleabag[“flibAg] n. a cheap hotel; a flop-
house. I won’t stay in this f leabag for
one minute. Rocko never stays in
f leabags. He’s too proud. Sam doesn’t care.
fleecetv. to cheat someone; to steal every-
thing from someone. (Underworld.)
Sam f leeced the kids for a lot of money.
Rocko never tried to f leece anybody.
flesh-presser and palm-presser n. a
politician. It’s that time of the year
when the f lesh-pressers really go to work.
A palm-presser came to our door to ask
us what we thought about his issues.
flexed out of shapemod. very angry; bent
out of shape. The boss was completely
f lexed out of shape. I am truly f lexed
out of shape.flickn. a movie. That was a pretty good
f lick, right? Let’s go see that new Woody
Allen f lick.flimflam[“flImflAm] 1. n. a confidence
trick or deception. The whole business
sounds like a bit of f limf lam to me. The
crooks pulled a nasty f limf lam on Betsy. 2.
n. nonsense; deception. Beware of the
f limf lam they will try to pull on you. I
can spot f limf lam a mile away. 3. tv. & in.
to cheat or deceive (someone). Don’t
try to f limf lam me. I wasn’t born yester-
day, you know. She is f limf lamming
over at the Adamsville fair this week.flimflam artistn. someone who practices
confidence tricks or deceptions on some-
one else. I don’t trust that f limf lam
artist at all. Pretty soon, you’ll learn
how to spot a f limf lam artist.fling upin. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. I was afraid I was going to f ling
up. Who f lung up on the sidewalk?fling-wingn. a helicopter. The f ling-
wing from the radio station is hovering
over the traffic jam. There must be a
dozen f ling-wings up there making all that
noise.flipin. to go crazy. Wow, I’ve got so much
to do, I may just f lip. The guy f lipped.
He was the nervous type.flip-flop 1. n. a reversal. The President
denied making a f lip-f lop. He said he sim-
ply forgot his earlier position. The man-
ager did a f lip-f lop on the personnel pol-
icy. 2. n. the return trip of a long journey.
(Citizens band radio. See also flip side.)
Nice talking to you, Silver Streak. Catch
you on the f lip-f lop. Didn’t we chat on
the f lip-f lop last week? 3. in. to change di-
rection or intensity. He f lip-f lopped
again, leaving us quite confused. Jed
f lip-f lopped twice in the evening, leaving
us where we started. 4. in. to waiver in
one’s decisions. I’m sorry I’m f lip-f lop-
ping on this matter. I just can’t seem to de-flathead