Alright call me a flip flopper

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Just for people that don't know(nor did I)

Here are a few of the things I've found on the word.

...and again, SHEEP WAS NOT USING THE WORD FLIP AS IT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT.

Flip- Flip is a term used colloquially by Filipino American youth to refer to those of Filipino decent. According to the late journalist and activist Alex Fabros, Sr(1903-1999), the term was used among Filipinos sometime after his immigration to the US in 1920.

Flippish- A term used to refer to anything that has Filipino flavor or charictaristc.

The term "Flip" is considered derogatory, not because it is racist, but because in the Filipino colloquial vocabulary, the word "Flip" refers to a deranged or Psychotic person(i.e. he flipped out or he's flipped his wig). So in the Philippines, calling a Filipino "Flip" would be like calling someone a "Nutjob" or a "Psycho".

In early to middle 1980's young Pilipino-Americans (as opposed to Filipino-Americans) began to use the term for themselves to make known their identity as Pilipino-Americans (the use of Pilipino instead of Filipino seems to be also another identity issue). Flip thus became an empowering word of identity.
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