Tampaxn.

/ˈtampaks/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tampon n.

Etymology: < tampon n., with apparently arbitrary alteration of the ending.

The proprietary name of a sanitary tampon for women; also applied loosely to any variety of tampon, and in figurative contexts. Cf. tampon n. 1.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > sanitary protection > sanitary tampon

tampon1848

Tampax1932

1932 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Mar. 1063/2 Tampax. For sanitary absorbent tampons.

1935 Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Feb. 187/1 Tampax... Sanitary absorbent tampons.

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. v. 884 When we launched the customs almost arrested me, they thought my Tampax was incendiary bombs.

1975 J. 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.’

1977 M. Drabble Ice Age ii. 159 She went to the lavatory: there, for the first time for weeks, she found a Tampax machine.

1979 Guardian 27 Mar. 9/4 The tampon market is worth about £14 millions a year. Tampax has 62 per cent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tampax
释义	Tampaxn. /ˈtampaks/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tampon n. Etymology: < tampon n., with apparently arbitrary alteration of the ending. The proprietary name of a sanitary tampon for women; also applied loosely to any variety of tampon, and in figurative contexts. Cf. tampon n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > sanitary protection > sanitary tampon tampon1848 Tampax1932 1932 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Mar. 1063/2 Tampax. For sanitary absorbent tampons. 1935 Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Feb. 187/1 Tampax... Sanitary absorbent tampons. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. v. 884 When we launched the customs almost arrested me, they thought my Tampax was incendiary bombs. 1975 J. 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.’ 1977 M. Drabble Ice Age ii. 159 She went to the lavatory: there, for the first time for weeks, she found a Tampax machine. 1979 Guardian 27 Mar. 9/4 The tampon market is worth about £14 millions a year. Tampax has 62 per cent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1932
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