Citations:fally-aparty

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English citations of fally-aparty

Adjective: "(informal) tending to fall apart"

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  • 2009, Coley Ward, "Tucson restaurants under $30: A 'fally-aparty' veggie torta was part of fun Eclectic experience", Arizona Daily Star, 14 May 2009:
    Suz described the torta as "fally-aparty" but devoured the sandwich in no time, []
  • 2011, Bethany Jean Clement, "Hi, Pai's", The Stranger, 2 March 2011:
    Slaw could use some pepper for brightness; pork is appropriately all fally-aparty, if possibly a tiny bit too salty.
  • 2015, Kerry Wilkinson, Down Among the Dead Men, page 315:
    Lucy scowled at him, jabbing a fork in his direction and trying not to smile. 'It's your fault – my cakes aren't usually so . . . fally-aparty.'
  • 2016, Peta Mathias, Burnt Barley, unnumbered page:
    As I had the pleasure of eating potatoes almost every day for three months in Ireland I came to realise that the only potato they like is a flour ball — sweet, fluffy and fally-aparty, cooked in the skin, peeled at the table and helped down with a forkful of butter.
  • 2019, Stephen Kozeniewski, Braineater Jones, unnumbered page:
    [] He's keeping money flowing in, but really what he wants is some half-cocked mechanical solution to your kind's fally-aparty problems.”