"flip-flopper" meaning in All languages combined

See flip-flopper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: flip-floppers [plural], flipflopper [alternative]
Etymology: From flip-flop + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|flip-flop|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From flip-flop + -er., {{ety|en|:af|flip-flop|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English flip-flop Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English flip-flopper From flip-flop + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} flip-flopper (plural flip-floppers)
  1. (derogatory) A person, especially a politician, who changes his or her opinion. Tags: derogatory Synonyms: hypocrite, trimmer, U-turner Translations (person with changing opinions): giracamises [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), köpönyegforgató (Hungarian), kaméleon (Hungarian), opportunista (Hungarian), răzgândac [masculine] (Romanian), перевёртыш (perevjórtyš) [masculine] (Russian), voltiarepas [Colombia, feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

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