21. The affectionate flippancy that veined " The Flying Nun " turned sardonic in later decades. 22. That may be his undoing : for all their flippancy , British Oxford students are skilled debaters. 23. I need to find my flippancy again, because only then I am fast enough to win. 24. Aykroyd tries to shamble amiably through his role, but the character's flippancy soon becomes annoying. 25. The flippancy that had characterized journalists ( in the movies ) became impudence : the wisecracking, arrogance. 26. Watkins had profound reservations about the cynicism, flippancy and farcical satire of " Chicago ." 27. A gifted player with a remarkable record of arrogance, rough edges and flippancy , Bonds is different. 28. In describing the film, Black wanders back and forth between fantasy and reality, flippancy and sincerity. 29. The secretary of labor denounced the " flippancy of the cigarette smoking, cocktail-drinking flapper ". 30. The obvious flippancy of both the headline and the text offended a number of readers, plus one ombudsman.