flossy

floss +‎ -y

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flossy (comparative flossier, superlative flossiest)

1. Resembling floss.
2. (informal, slang) Extravagantly showy; flashy
   • 1917, The Judge, volume 72:

     When a flossy girl comes along the street granting alike to the interested and the uninterested a sight of several inches of white stockings above her high boots, one's mind harks back to dear old Mother Goose, and the woman who went to market her eggs for to sell.

   • 2015, “Automatic Bizz” (track 9, 0:23–0:30 from the start), in Beto Lokz (lyrics), Automatic Bizz:

     I am a go-getter, stay fresh and looking flossy
     Haters out here can’t stop me, throw blows like Ronda Rousey