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Originally Posted by chryuop
Nagoyakee san, is っぽい a special suffix? I have found it in other words (right now the only one I remember is 色っぽい).
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Not sure what you mean by "special" but it's a suffix used quite often to express basically two things:
1. ～っぽい = containing much of ~. 水っぽい = watery. 粉（こな）っぽい = powdery.
2. ～っぽい = showing a strong tendency of ~. こどもっぽい = chlidish. 飽（あ）きっぽい = fickle, capricious. 荒（あら）っぽい = rough, violent, coarse.
That favorite word of yours falls under category #2.