spandex
pronunciation
How to pronounce spandex in British English:
UK ['spændeks]
How to pronounce spandex in American English:
US ['spændeks]
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- Noun:
- an elastic synthetic fabric
Word Origin
- Spandex (n.)
- synthetic fiber, 1959, American English, proprietary name, an arbitrary formation from expand + commercial suffix -ex.
Example
- 1. Spandex prices became only one of the major chemical products continued to decline .
- 2. Spandex jumpsuits and cheesy swedish pop have long enjoyed great and inexplicable success in the west .
- 3. A lithe , barbell-toting , tofu-eating santa in red spandex and running shoes isn 't our idea of jolly .
- 4. Pack your spandex . You 're fired !
- 5. And I 've loved him ever since spandex was in .