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.
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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
No, those bewigged, Georgia-era fops didn’t speak with a lisp.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
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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
No, those bewigged, Georgia-era fops didn’t speak with a lisp.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fop
Noun
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Sure, Ian and Rachel are making eyes at each other, but mostly, there is pus coming out of a dude’s arm.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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The latter is a direct shot at sexist record industry insiders, and some older dudes who come to their shows just to leer at them.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The 32-year-old Opa-locka native went so far as to write a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian requesting leniency before her former beau’s sentencing.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The song comes alongside a video, shot by Michael Grant, which features a beaming Bey cozied up with an apparent beau in a bucket hat.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Fop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fop. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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