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Floss

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Floss may refer to:

Places

  • Floß, in English spelling: Floss, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany
  • Floß (river), in English spelling: Floss, a river of Bavaria, Germany
  • Floss, Arkansas, an unincorporated community, United States

Art, entertainment, and media

  • Floss (dance), a popular dance move
  • Floss (mixtape), by Injury Reserve
  • "Floss" (song), by AJ Tracey
  • Floss McPhee, a character in the soap opera Home and Away
  • Silken Floss, a character in the comic and film The Spirit

Computing

  • FLOSS Weekly, a podcast of the twit.tv Network
  • Free/libre and open-source software

Other uses

  • Candy floss, or fairy floss
  • Common floss, another name for the shrub Chromolaena odorata
  • Dental floss
  • Embroidery floss
  • Floss flower, another name for Ageratum houstonianum
  • Meat floss

People with the given name

  • Floss Casasola (1903–1991), a British Honduran teacher involved in the Belizean Independence Movement

People with the surname

  • Heinrich Joseph Floss (1819–1881), a church historian and theologian
  • Herbert Floss (1912–1943), an SS functionary of Nazi Germany
  • Walter J. Floss Jr. (1923–2018), American politician

See also

  • Al Flosso (1895–1976), American magician
  • Gaston Flosse (born 1931), French politician
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