Definitions

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  • noun music The B-side of a phonograph record.
  • noun informal A necessary consequence or corollary of something; especially one seen as opposite, or as pro versus con.
  • noun informal The occasion when we meet again (e.g. when I return from work, etc.; said on parting); later or tomorrow.

Etymologies

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flip +‎ side

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Examples

  • Beautiful drawing and the flipside is as interesting.

    Girls Go Postal! | A View of Old Manama 2010

  • The flipside is that someone may engage in racism for crass political reasons but not be a racist if they harbor no racist feelings or beliefs.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » How to “Kill the Bill” 2010

  • The flipside is that if your plan for us is so stellar then why are you and your family not signing up for it?

    White House releases Obama excerpts 2009

  • The flipside is the number of talented people who leave music for better-paying pastures — or who never embark on a music career in the first place.

    Rockin' pneumonia Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • The flipside is the number of talented people who leave music for better-paying pastures — or who never embark on a music career in the first place.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • The flipside is that someone may engage in racism for crass political reasons but not be a racist if they harbor no racist feelings or beliefs.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » How to “Kill the Bill” 2010

  • And I'd agree with this, but only in the sense that the flipside is true as well, that there are all sorts of great writers of colour, and they have succeeded for exactly these reasons: talent, hard work and perseverence.

    Special Guest Post: Zetta Elliott on the Myth of Meritocracy 2010

  • The flipside is the parents who don't give a rat's ass about their kids 'ball game (or whatever) and continue to push their noses to the grindstone of their career, and that's not fair to the kids ....

    Boing Boing 2008

  • The flipside is the parents who don't give a rat's ass about their kids 'ball game (or whatever) and continue to push their noses to the grindstone of their career, and that's not fair to the kids ....

    Boing Boing 2008

  • The flipside is the parents who don't give a rat's ass about their kids 'ball game (or whatever) and continue to push their noses to the grindstone of their career, and that's not fair to the kids ....

    Boing Boing 2008

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