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simonize, v.|ˈsaɪmənaɪz|
Also Simonize.
[f. Simoniz proprietary name of a type of car polish.]
trans. To polish by the application of Simoniz. Also transf. and fig. So ˈsimonizing vbl. n.; hence ˈsimonized ppl. a.
1934Amer. Speech IX. 114/1 The work on the car may include..vulcanizing tire cuts, and simonizing. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §125/6 Simonize, to brilliantine the hair. Ibid. §291/4 Curry favour; toady{ddd}simonize the apple or orange. 1949A. Miller Death of Salesman i. 17 Remember those days? The way Biff used to simonize that car? 1953Economist 25 July 258/1, I have heard it said that Harvard University humanises the scientist and simonises the humanist. 1968R. H. R. Smithies Shoplifter (1969) ix. 189 The lovingly simonized fenders, hubcaps, and bumpers. 1975New Yorker 19 May 116/2 He writes of someone's being ‘Nixonized’, which is apparently like having a car Simonized. 1977Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. xii. 73/3 (Advt.), Will do Blue Coral waxing, Simonizing & interiors. |