Flop is a common term in the English language, which means "fiasco" or "failure", in Portuguese.
The flop is a term widely used in the language of Internet, especially on social networks, when it is meant that a certain person has failed in his/her goal.
Example: "My reading goal was the biggest flop of the year!”
The original meaning of the verb I'm flop it was related to the act of dropping something or thudding heavily. However, as a result of this meaning, the word came to be used also as a synonym for failure.
In Brazil, the flop changed according to the conjugation of the verb "flop" in the Portuguese language.
The verb “flop”, for example, means the act of committing a flop, as well as other variations, such as: “flop”, “flop”, “flop”, and so on.
Example: "Cris totally flopped the proof” / “the boy is a flopped” (“The boy is a failure”).
There are several common slangs on the internet that originate from the English language, such as swag, LOL, poser, among many others.