# flapjacky
## English
### Etymology

From flapjack +‎ -y.

### Adjective

flapjacky (comparative more flapjacky, superlative most flapjacky)
* (British) Resembling or characteristic of a flapjack (oat bar).
** 2003 April 22, artichoke, “review of guesthouses/restaurants in UK”, in alt.food.vegan‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-12:The only downside was the lack of vegan puds, they did have an apricotty flapjacky thing but a 'real' cake would have ensured top marks!!
** 2004 September 8, Fenny, “I'd be dangerous if I had a brian”, in uk.rec.sheds‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-12:At least they gave us the choice of having sarnies that expired that day for half price, or fresher ones at full price. We each had a half price butty, a can of elderflower fizzy stuff and Pa had a flapjacky thing.
** 2005, Cheap Eats in London, London: Time Out Guides Ltd, →ISBN, page 33:There’s a limited selection of designer healthfood in a chiller cabinet, mainly pre-packaged salads (greek, niçoise, spinach) and sandwiches (tuna, mangetout, beansprouts and soy sauce on rather heavy rye bread), plus fruit and a few flapjacky cakes.
** 2006 July 24, Enzo Matrix, “Sarah's Mum”, in alt.funnytown‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-12:You know the one... one girl reckons that the biscuits she's advertising are made in a magic box. The other one says "It's called an oven!" / "Oats, Michelle! That's why they're so flapjacky and satisfyin'. Oats! Not magic!"
** 2007 March 6, Burbage, “Tuesday AM SMoke”, in alt.smokers.pipes‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-12:It's a woefully belated elevenses - tea and biscuits and a Falconful of Old Gowrie. […] It's very nice tobacco, though. All sweet, flapjacky goodness. I'm all the fonder of it because, yesterday, I tried some Grousemoor.
** 2007 September 3, Josie Stewart, “food at Burnlaw”, in MADD (Google Groups)‎, archived from the original on 2023-11-12:If I get my act together I'll do a few seedy nutty flapjacky traybakey type things to bring
** 2007 November 23, murie...@yahoo.co.uk, “Australian dumplings”, in uk.food+drink.misc‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-12:I think it's the national dish of Australia - a type of biscuity/flapjacky thing with a topping
** 2009, Jean Ure, Boys Will Be Boys (Girlfriends), London: Orchard Books, Hachette Children’s Books, →ISBN, pages 23–24:I grabbed a handful of grapes and some flapjacky things with nuts and raisins, plus a couple of cans of Coke, and whizzed them up to my bedroom.
** 2011, Jamie Oliver, “[Puddings] Flapjack Crumble”, in Jamie’s Great Britain: Over 130 Reasons to Love Our Food, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 364:As much as I make, and honour, traditional crumbles, every now and then it’s nice to give people something unexpected – something that makes them sit up, ask questions and get excited about the fact that a delicious flapjacky base has found its way into their favourite dessert.
** 2013, Jojo Tulloh, “[Baked] Honey Flapjacks”, in The Modern Peasant: Adventures in City Food, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 63:Bake for 20 minutes or until the top is slightly browned at the edges – a good flapjacky smell will probably alert you to this moment.
** 2015, Louise Blair, “[tempting tray bakes and biscuits] apricot almond crunch biscuits”, in Great Gluten-Free Baking: Over 80 Delicious Cakes and Bakes, London: Hamlyn, →ISBN, page 88:These little flapjacky morsels are great for a teatime treat.
** 2019, Lisa Williamson, “[Autumn] 10”, in Paper Avalanche‎, Oxford, Oxon: David Fickling Books, →ISBN:Admittedly, the flapjack at Ostborough Academy is legendary – gooey and floppy and at least fifty per cent golden syrup. My slice has already soaked through the paper plate, leaving a sticky residue on my fingers. / ‘Napkins in there,’ Tanvi says, nodding down at the breast pocket of her blazer. ‘Now, budge up.’ / With little choice in the matter, I scoot along the bench and give in to the flapjacky goodness.
** 2019 January 29, Kieran Alger, “7 best all-natural energy foods – from shakes to bars”, in The Independent‎, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-02-15:These natural flapjacky snack bars should come with a warning – they're killer moreish.
** 2020, Daisy Waugh, chapter 13, in In the Crypt with a Candlestick‎, London: Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:‘Go on then, love. Go and get me one of those flapjacky things.’
** 2020, Nadiya Hussain, Nadiya Bakes‎, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:fudgy flapjacky fudge […] I always buy one of those flapjacks with a layer of yoghurt on top. But even with the topping, they are just never sweet enough for me. I also love fudge but that can be toe-curlingly sweet. So, in my search for a middle ground, I decided to combine the two.
** 2021, Jamie Oliver, “Apple & Bramble Crumble Tart”, in Together: Memorable Meals Made Easy‎, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN:Using golden syrup gives you a flapjacky flavour kiss and, if you want to go the extra mile, the hibiscus syrup adds a delicious curiosity into proceedings, especially when drizzled hot over good ice cream.
* (US) Resembling or characteristic of an (American) pancake.
** 1893 September 21, The Weiser Signal, volume III, number 41, Weiser, Ida.: R. E. Lockwood, page [3], column 2:Senator Johnson, who first made a name as the author of “Cuddy Flour” four years ago, is out in the Citizen with a new version calculated to tickle the difident muse out of retirement to look with flap-jacky eye on the new brand, made of Indian valley wheat by the roller process.
** 1907 September 8, “Flapjacks in Cuba. They Help Solve the Help Problem in a Boys’ Camp There. New York Tribune.”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., second part, page 8, columns 5–6:Flapjacks must be a sort of natural boy food the world over, for a New York city organization has found itself compelled to provide this American dish at its boys’ camp at Lake Membosha, New York, and also at another boys’ camp, the first of its kind in Cuba, which it helps the Asociacion de Jovenes Cristianos, of Havana, to run for Cuban youngsters, at Mariel Bay. […] And the name of the camp is “Camp Skidoo,” which certainly has a flapjacky sound.
** 1909 March 27, “Ride in an Auto or Be a Flapjack: The Human Yeast Cakes Are the Ones Who Rise These Occasions, And They Will Reap the Reward of Effort Judicionsly Expended in This Great $10,000 Contest; […]”, in The News and Observer, volume LXXXVII, number 113, Raleigh, N.C., page 1, column 7:He talked about a certain faction of Democrats who had a steam roller, and, if the contest man senses the thing just right, it was running over some folks right here in Raleigh who refuse to assume the form of a dejected flapjack without making some complaint of it. That’s all right. Don’t be one of those flap-jacky sort of citizens! Just go about your business quietly—and do things.
** 1928 November 6, S. A. Tucker, “As I View the Thing”, in Decatur Evening Herald, 47th year, Decatur, Ill., page 10, column 3:“Thin French pan cakes for dessert. These are thin and flap-jacky and were served rolled up, in sauce. […]”
** 1961 October 5, Cecil Smith, “The TV Scene-⁠-⁠-Mr. Beanblossom Spreads Wings”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LXXX, Los Angeles, Calif., part II, page 14:“You once told me a man is what he eats. I ate flapjacks for breakfast and I’ve felt kind of flapjacky all day.”
** 1971 May 14, “Clancy Loranger”, in The Province, Vancouver, B.C., page 20:“What you got against pancakes? You prejudiced against Aunt Jemima?” / “I am flapjacky about pancakes,” I said. “And Aunt Jemima is a nice, fat old broad. But how do you sell the kids on athletics as a manly endeavour when the pre-game meal is pancakes?”
** 1996 September 20, Jennie Douglas, “Canton Low a high point for Chinese food”, in The News-Pilot, San Pedro, Calif.: The Copley Press Inc., page K36, column 5:Seldom are we served such delicate Mandarin pancakes. You wouldn’t believe the thick flap-jacky ones they produce at some places.
** 2007, Alan Jones, ““I Tell You a Further Mystery””, in Roger Ferlo, editor, Heaven, New York, N.Y.: Seabury Books, Church Publishing Incorporated, →ISBN, page 119:Saturday meant pancakes. And not any old kind of pancakes. English pancakes with sugar and lemon juice, not the flapjacky kind with blueberries and syrup.
** 2018, Marley Dias, “Herstory: Who I Am, How This All Began”, in Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN, page 25, column 1:And that question my mom posed over pancakes, about what I would change if I could. I gulped down a mouthful of fluffy, yummy, flapjacky goodness, then answered her.