Definition of flop sweat
: nervous sweat (as of a performer) caused especially by the fear of failing
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No punchline follows for Judd Apatow, just the chance to reconnect with a youthful dream of excelling at one of entertainment’s riskiest ventures: Revealing yourself to an audience and praying for laughs, not flop sweat.
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First Known Use of flop sweat
1947
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