Dropping and Slipping

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Dropping adjective - Coming down freely under the influence of gravity.

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Slipping and dropping are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slipping" instead an adjective "Dropping".

Nearby Words: drop, dropped, dropper

Slipping adjective - Moving as on a slippery surface.

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Dropping and slipping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dropping" instead an adjective "Slipping".

Nearby Words: slip, slipped, slipper, slippy, slippage

Parodied in The Campaign, which features an Asian maid who is forced by her boss to talk like this, only occasionally slipping up/dropping it for her regular American accent.

Source: Mammy
From slipping up and dropping Lucian's name in argument with Selene to... just about everything else his ego leads him to do.

Source: Film / Underworld
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping - Kou, clearly trying to sound British, asks for an aubergine banger bap exactly once before dropping the pretence entirely.

Source: Webcomic / Dream Scar

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