Flop
A flopped object can be carefree and humorous but if the flop tips into a slop or a sag it becomes melancholy. An object that slops, sags and oozes is an object that has lost control and is helpless. If the floppiness is perceived as a droop, slouch or slump the object becomes personified and is a sad body or a metaphor for failure. A hard Structure juxtaposed against such a helpless object takes on the role of the supporter, maintainer, controller. Rigid and unmoving the structure embodies Control, reliability and stability.
A slump is giving up
A flop is funny
A slop is a spillage
A droop is downcast
An ooze is an ugly leak
A slouch is laid back
A sag is a heavy burden
Something floppy trying to stand up is sweet and pathetic. It is pretending to be something it is not, trying to do something it cannot do. It will try and it will fail. The failing is endearing and anthropomorphises the object.
A flopped object can be carefree and humorous but if the flop tips into a slop or a sag it becomes melancholy. An object that slops, sags and oozes is an object that has lost control and is helpless. If the floppiness is perceived as a droop, slouch or slump the object becomes personified and is a sad body or a metaphor for failure. A hard Structure juxtaposed against such a helpless object takes on the role of the supporter, maintainer, controller. Rigid and unmoving the structure embodies Control, reliability and stability.
A slump is giving up
A flop is funny
A slop is a spillage
A droop is downcast
An ooze is an ugly leak
A slouch is laid back
A sag is a heavy burden
Something floppy trying to stand up is sweet and pathetic. It is pretending to be something it is not, trying to do something it cannot do. It will try and it will fail. The failing is endearing and anthropomorphises the object.