Definition of fopnext
as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance he's such a fop that he drives nearly 50 miles just to get his hair cut by Monsieur Louis

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Recent Examples of fop Alec Roberts’s Lorenzo was more practical than greedy; John Lam made Gamache an endearing and nuanced fop. Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023 From the very beginning, though, riders were also mocked as fops pursuing a ludicrous pastime. Clive Thompson, Smithsonian, 21 Nov. 2019 Cartoons of the period show caricatures of self-regarding young fops posing and preening with their monocles on full display. Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2019 The artist’s virile exemplars helped liberate gay men from society’s cheap assignations — as mentally disturbed fops mincing out roles as faux women. R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019 See All Example Sentences for fop
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Noun
  • Yet their portrait of the artist as a hopeless snot-nosed punk doesn’t seem interested in knowing who this guy was past being another dude in search of a purpose.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • While his antics look like something straight out of a Savannah Bananas game, the dude can throw a baseball.
    Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Sara Howe, a carriage driving trainer who often sees Louise and her beau at competitions, told Hello!
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Berry, who turns 60 on August 14, didn’t share any photos of her musician beau in Tuesday’s post.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 29 July 2026

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“Fop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fop. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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