Associations to the word «Flippancy»

Wiktionary

FLIPPANCY, noun. A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.

Dictionary definition

FLIPPANCY, noun. Inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky