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flipping out

flipping out

Date: Feb 16 2005

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“Frankly, I got worried. It’s like something’s wrong, because they’re not flipping out.”
-Johnny Depp, in an interview with Rolling Stone’s Erik Hedegaard, talking about the reception of his movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

when someone is flipping out, they are getting excited either in a positive or a negative way, depending on the context

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

When you flip out, you act strangely, sometimes with a lot of energy. I flip out when I eat chocolate. The sugar in the chocolate goes straight to my head and gives me a lot of energy.
Whenever I go out with friends, I try not to eat too much chocolate because I know it will make me flip out.
The last time I flipped out due to chocolate, I ended up in a shoe store. I totally flipped out, in a good way, over this pair of shoes, so I bought them.
When I went home, my husband flipped out, in a bad way, that I had bought the shoes.
Can you imagine all this flipping out because of a little chocolate?

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“You should call if you are going to be late. I was flipping out because I was so worried about you.”

””You should call if you are going to be late. I was flipping out because I was so worried about you.”
“I am so excited and happy to see my best friend. I am flipping out!”
“Can you imagine being famous? Everywhere you go there would be people flipping out. It would be crazy!”

“I am so excited and happy to see my best friend. I am flipping out!”

“Can you imagine being famous? Everywhere you go there would be people flipping out. It would be crazy!”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

think “flip out”means go crazy
by Michelle (Wide goose, China)
Flip out means go nuts or crazy.
by Emily (Qinhuangdao, China)
to suddenly start to behave in a very excited or strange way
by Liang (Jiangxi, China)
the phrase which under such condition probably means the movie will get everyone amazed and so interested in, it`s really a great movie to be checked out!
by Shirley (hangzhou, China)
some good feed back~
by Elsa (Beijing, China)
I think the slang words “flipping out” means “getting crazy ” or “getting excited” when you feel very high.
by Zhiqiang (Chongqing, China)
enjoying, laughing or praising something
by paola (pasto, colombia)
movie-goers are not totally excited;they aren’t totally taken up with it;the movie hasn’t received rave reviews
by Urvi (GURGAON, INDIA)
Be flipping out means be crazy about, I guess.
by Lucy (Mississauga, Canada)
It means insanity.for instance he gave the begger 500 dollars i wonder if he was filpping out.
by Michelle (Guangzhou, China)
they are not flipping out, they are not very angry or excited
by Pelin (istanbul, turkey)

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