Etymograph

English

flipism

From flip + -ism, introduced in the Disney comic Flip Decision by Carl Barks, published in 1953.

Formed from flip + -ism

Middle English filippen ‘to make a signal or sound with thumb and…’

English flip

Today it means

noun A pseudophilosophy under which all decisions are made at random, as if by flipping a coin.

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