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Tampax|ˈtæmpæks|
Also tampax.
The proprietary name of a sanitary tampon for women; also applied loosely to any variety of tampon, and in fig. contexts. Cf. tampon n. 1.
1932Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Mar. 1063/2 Tampax. For sanitary absorbent tampons. 1935Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Feb. 187/1 Tampax... Sanitary absorbent tampons. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. v. 884 When we launched the customs almost arrested me, they thought my Tampax was incendiary bombs. 1975J. McClure Snake iii. 35 ‘Ach, come on, Klip—what's got your Tampax in a twist?’..‘It's nothing,’ he muttered... ‘I'm just pissed off.’ 1977M. Drabble Ice Age ii. 159 She went to the lavatory: there, for the first time for weeks, she found a Tampax machine. 1979[see tampon 1]. |