Bic
pronunciation
How to pronounce Bic in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Bic in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Bic (n.)
- popular type of plastic ball-point pen, designed c. 1950 in France, named 1953 as a shortened form of company co-founder Marcel Bich (1914-1994).
Example
- 1. Some economists have started to talk about the bic , rather than the bric , countries .
- 2. The first floor of the bic camera electronics store , a mammoth eight-story building covering an entire block here , is ground zero for japan 's electronics industry .
- 3. He points at the huge contribution they made to global growth , about half of it according to some estimates , and to the rapid expansion of trade between the bic economies .
- 4. Of course some of those eager-beaver beginners don 't want to believe in the bic method because it actually involves work and discipline .
- 5. At the yurakucho flagship store of bic camera , one of japan 's largest electronics retailers , hundreds of gamers queued through a cold , damp night .