slipslop

slipslop means slipshod; loose and imprecise. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Etymology

From slip + slop.

adj

Slipshod; loose and imprecise.“But with how little benefit, the slipslop spelling of proper names and technical terms in official correspondence, and the barbarous names which crowd the face of the best Indian maps, bear witness?”
Tending to flop or slide about.“All the time this conversation had been going on, we had been scudding along at as brisk a pace as Mouldy's slipslop boots would permit, up the Old Bailey and by Newgate, (where my companions having inquired whether I knew at which door they brought people out to hang 'em, and received from me an intimation that I did not, kindly paused for a moment to enlighten me,) out into Ludgate Street, and a”

Nonsense; gibberish; twaddle.“... they, consequently, both misconceive and misuse words ; and we are sorry to add, that this childish slipslop, those infantile blunders, is, and are, much more frequently a source of parental mirth, than of parental reprehension : yet it is certain, that such oral deviations, if suffered to continue unremakred, harden into habits, and fix, indelibly fix, the vernacular errors of infancy upon th”
Poor writing; text that is imprecise, weak, or overly informal.“Imaginary woes, and sentimental slipslop find no responsive chord; but to the historian, the statist, and the geographer, and those who unveil the mysteries of the physical sciences, the field is ever open.”
A quantity of worthless things; mess.“This story slips for ever through my fingers. I'm very sorry, but I cannot help it; going to sea has given me such a turn for rambling ; besides, I cannot spare the room for all my slipslop.”
Watery food or drink that is of inferior quality.“They vvere fed very poorly. Once a day they vvould get some slipslop.”
A splashing, sloshing, or slapping sound.“The thought drove him forward the more quickly : he paddled strongly with alternate feet and was soon billowing through a regular slipslop of wavelets.”

To move with a slapping or flopping action.“Both Ivor and Philip were cowed by this royal anger and they were silent for some time after she had slipslopped in her carpet slippers down the passage, muttering fiercely as she went.”
To slide about like waves.“Below, among dark mysteries of the under-wharf, the water placidly slipslopped; the sea-wind blew gently in, fluffing a lock of hair across my face.”