A complete failure, especially with theatre, cinema, or TV audiences or critics.
〈非正式〉(尤指戏剧、电影、电视观众或评论家意见的)彻底失败
Example sentencesExamples
But, as we all know, it is another flopperoo for him.
The film was blamed for at least a dozen heart attacks and is still rated by many as the scariest film ever made, despite critics deeming it a ‘flopperoo’ at the time.
The most significant portent for them may not be their stupendous flopperoo in the California special election.
There was a decent audience for once, as so far this show has been a gigantic flopperoo.
Synonyms
failure, disaster, debacle, catastrophe, loser
Origin
1930s: from the verb flop + -eroo, suffix in the sense 'large, unexpected'.