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obsolete
: a foolish or silly person
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Noun
he's such a fop that he drives nearly 50 miles just to get his hair cut by Monsieur Louis
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
The New Yorker loves and fetishizes its traditions (the monocled fop Eustace Tilley, that stately but sensual Adobe Caslon font), but the magazine’s ultimate tradition is cutting through the scrim of contemporary noise to look reality in the eye, presenting it to the reader with a no-fuss vibrance.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
The film chronicles a rich fop who studies a magic manual and teaches himself how to achieve X-ray vision and clairvoyance.
—The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
The telegrams lead to the arrival of Sylvia’s husband (and Beau’s brother), the tweedy fop Clarke (Alex Moffat, playing him a little Biden-esque), as well as Beau’s very pregnant wife, Marjorie (Lilli Cooper), both of whom have secrets of their own.
—Vulture, 24 July 2023
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Noun
There’s a version of Lysander that is done as a British fop.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
The New Yorker loves and fetishizes its traditions (the monocled fop Eustace Tilley, that stately but sensual Adobe Caslon font), but the magazine’s ultimate tradition is cutting through the scrim of contemporary noise to look reality in the eye, presenting it to the reader with a no-fuss vibrance.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
The film chronicles a rich fop who studies a magic manual and teaches himself how to achieve X-ray vision and clairvoyance.
—The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
The telegrams lead to the arrival of Sylvia’s husband (and Beau’s brother), the tweedy fop Clarke (Alex Moffat, playing him a little Biden-esque), as well as Beau’s very pregnant wife, Marjorie (Lilli Cooper), both of whom have secrets of their own.
—Vulture, 24 July 2023
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“Fop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fop. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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