slaphappy

Example Sentences

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Starting projects later than planned was a signature move of ours, which pushed us into the realm of slaphappy and barely able to focus before our finish line was in sight.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024

Having fitted his kit with old-fashioned calfskin heads, Starr’s sturdy, slaphappy drumming achieves a newfound warmth and depth.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Maybe the table was so tired that the writers had become slaphappy, but “sweet night breakfast?” won a big, goofy laugh—it was the sort of curveball construction that suited “black-ish.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 25, 2016

As playfulness alternates with the more austere, missionary vision, the American cultural personality seems like a preacher's child, frisky and slaphappy on Saturday night, dour and repentant Sunday morning.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under John Landis' slaphappy direction, the movie does not always bounce that wildly off the wall.

From Time Magazine Archive