as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
he's such a fop that he drives nearly 50 miles just to get his hair cut by Monsieur Louis
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Cartoons of the period show caricatures of self-regarding young fops posing and preening with their monocles on full display.
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Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2019
The artist’s virile exemplars helped liberate gay men from society’s cheap assignations — as mentally disturbed fops mincing out roles as faux women.
—R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
No, those bewigged, Georgia-era fops didn’t speak with a lisp.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
That fop Shaw-Asquith was right about that, at least!
—Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 17 June 2018
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Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2019
The artist’s virile exemplars helped liberate gay men from society’s cheap assignations — as mentally disturbed fops mincing out roles as faux women.
—R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
No, those bewigged, Georgia-era fops didn’t speak with a lisp.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
That fop Shaw-Asquith was right about that, at least!
—Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 17 June 2018
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“Fop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fop. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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