RevOnline, again.

[J. Landman Gay]

On 3/6/13 11:53 AM, Richmond wrote:

> Let's hope it is not "flakey" (err . . . that must be an Americanism)
>
> [I thought "flake" was a rude word for somebody who was homosexual]
>
> with the Open Source version.

Here in the U.S., a "flake" (disregarding pie crust and paint) is a 
scatterbrained person with sometimes unpredictable behavior. By 
extension, anything that works only some of the time is "flakey".

It isn't any ruder than calling then a nitwit or a dunce. When applied 
to objects or software, it's a common adjective.

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