"fat, flabbiness," 1951, back-formation from flabby.
1690s, regarded as a softened variant of flappy, which is recorded in the sense of "softly fleshy" from 1590s; see flap (n.). Related: Flabbily; flabbiness.
updated on July 19, 2012
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