Flounce
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To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring,turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as ahorse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm,often as in displeasure.To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us.Barrow.With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, andflounces in the waves. Addison.
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When a member of an online community announces they are leaving, usually after a protracted disagreement with other members of the community.
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flounce (flaʊns)
v. flounce, flounced, flounc•ing,To leave an internet group or thread with exaggerated drama; deleting posts, notifying mods and or group users, and cross-posting on other groups to draw attention to the drama. Comes from the original use of gathering up skirts and petticoats and leaving in dramatic, impatient and exaggerated movements.
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