Tipp-Exn.
/ˈtɪpɛks/, U.S. /ˈtɪˌpɛks/ A proprietary name for a type of correction fluid.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > device for erasing > fluid
Tipp-Ex1962
Liquid Paper1968
whiteout1977
‘1962 Warenzeichenblatt: Eingetragene Zeichen (Munich) 14 Aug. 1696 Tipp-Ex..Korrekturmittel für Schreibmaschinenschriften [etc.].
1965 Office Mar. 124 (advt.) Tipp-Ex for speedy corrections of typing errors. Tipp-Ex for originals, Cop-Ex for carbon copies, Aero-Type for airmail paper.
1972 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Aug. 1677/2 Tipp-Ex... Erasers (stationery); inks, paper, foil and fluids, all for correcting errors in handwriting and typing.
1977 Private Eye 4 Mar. 20/2 (advt.) Freelance PA/Sec jobs 1 hour upwards undertaken... Have Tipp-Ex will travel.
1988 Guardian Weekly 11 Sept. 22/1 Before the word processor it was a laborious business, picking one's way carefully across the keyboard and applying the Tipp-Ex every few lines.
Derivatives
ˈTippex v. (transitive) to delete or cover over with Tipp-Ex; also figurative.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > by covering with liquid
unpainta1648
bisk1713
to paint out1834
to black out1850
ink out1881
to white out1974
Tippex1983
1983 H. Evans Good Times, Bad Times ix. 181 So many staff lists had names erased that anyone sacked was later said to have been ‘Tipp-Exed’.
1990 Sunday Times 8 July vii. 3/4 On Thursday, it was the Prince of Wales Hospice, in Pontefract, that was Tippexed from the diary.
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