09-04-2003, 05:35 AM | #1 (permalink) |
Fast'n'Bulbous
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What's a flake?
I've heard the term"flake" a few times here on TFp, although never anywhere else. In context it seems to mean superficial, selfish, pretty among with some other similar adjectives. However i was wondering what its exact meaning and correct usage were?
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09-04-2003, 06:00 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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The Merriam-Webster site defines someone who's flaky as "markedly odd or unconventional".
My own personnal connotation of a "flake" is someone who can't be counted on, a bit of an airhead.
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09-04-2003, 07:20 AM | #5 (permalink) |
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Watch the movie Clueless and observe the main characters. This would have to be the ultimate display of flakes in their natural enviroment.
Also California has the largest Flake population with up to and including 25% of the population being flakey. |
09-04-2003, 07:27 AM | #6 (permalink) |
Fast'n'Bulbous
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I think i need a better dictionary, cause its not listed as any kind of adjective of a person behaviours. More so dealing with snow flakes, a thin piece of something, or the name of some gummy shark fish.
Although, i see it mainly pertains to airheads in as a slang term. I've seen clueless so i get the idea Last edited by Sleepyjack; 09-04-2003 at 07:30 AM.. |
09-04-2003, 07:32 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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I am surrounded by flakes. Unreliable people who make promises they cannot keep... pathologically. It's a real drag on you when you find you can't rely on anyone to do what they say they will.. even if you pay them ahead of time.
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09-04-2003, 07:37 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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People who you cannot depend on, really. Our guitarist is a flake [i'm the vocalist]. Bastard never picks me up like he says he will. Always has some sort of excuse. "No gas", "No time", "Your place is too far".
Urgh.
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09-04-2003, 07:51 AM | #9 (permalink) | |
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This applies to mechanics, handymen, contractors, etc. Flakes also borrow stuff and don't return it. The lender has to chase after them and get the borrowed item back. This is a pet peeve of mine. |
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09-04-2003, 08:00 AM | #10 (permalink) |
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A flake to me is someone who has no grounding in reality at all. Naive, but painfully so, usually to their own detriment or to the detriment of others.
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09-04-2003, 09:04 AM | #11 (permalink) | |
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09-04-2003, 09:44 AM | #12 (permalink) | |
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09-04-2003, 10:00 AM | #13 (permalink) |
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A flake is an odd, slightly dumber-than-average person.
A good example of a flake would be the surfer-guy Jeff Spicoli, that Sean Penn played in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. I've never heard of a person being categorized as a flake simply for being inconsiderate, but then again, meanings morph over time. |
09-04-2003, 03:50 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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Flakiness has nothing to do with intelligence, in my opinion. As Halx says, it's about whether you can be counted on or not. Hence the use of "flake" as a verb: he flaked on me, he flaked out, etc.
I know some very smart people who won't carry through on what they promise, and _always_ have a very good reason (they are smart, after all). But two or three "very good reasons" later, one begins to see the truth. |
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09-04-2003, 04:13 PM | #17 (permalink) | |
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09-04-2003, 07:42 PM | #18 (permalink) |
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Flakiness can end freindships. My definition of a flake is someone who knowingly and intentionally misrepresents themselves for their own selfish reasons, with no thought to how it will effect others.
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once again i´m jealous of Halx. first it was the naked ladies, now its the chocolatey colleagues.
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09-05-2003, 03:19 PM | #24 (permalink) |
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um i think its that stuff that comes outta your hair or that white stuff that falls from the sky
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