durexn.¹

Brit.

/ˈdjʊərɛks/,

/ˈdʒʊərɛks/,

/ˈdjɔːrɛks/,

/ˈdʒɔːrɛks/, U.S.

/ˈd(j)ʊˌrɛks/, Australian English

/ˈdjʊəreks/,

/ˈdʒʊəreks/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Durex.

Etymology: < the name of Durex Abrasives Ltd., U.K.-based company formed in 1929 by several U.S. manufacturing companies (including 3M), to manufacture various branded products (including Durex cellulose tape and Durex masking tape) for international markets.

I. Compounds.

1. durex tape n. Originally: any of various brands of adhesive tape made by Durex Abrasives Ltd. Later more generally (Australian): any transparent adhesive tape; cf. Sellotape n., Scotch tape n.Durex brands of adhesive tape are no longer sold in Australia or other parts of the English-speaking world. The use as a generic term has also become less common in recent years, probably in part because of awareness of the use of Durex to refer to condoms (see Durex n.²); cf. quot. 2005 and quots. 1974, 2000 at sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > adhesive tape

adhesive tape1887

sticky tape1890

duck tape1899

passepartout1910

durex tape1932

Scotch tape1934

durex1938

Sellotape1949

duct tape1965

1932 Paper-maker & Brit. Paper Trade Jrnl. Oct. 321/1 Filling the bags and sealing with Durex tape in one operation.

1938 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 7 Jan. 10/2 ‘Durex’ tape may be obtained either transparent or in a range of twelve colours from most good stationers.

1950 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 9 Dec. 10/4 The Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs..warned against the practice of using durex tape over the postage stamps.

1995 R. G. Barrett Day of Gecko 222 It was a white T-shirt wrapped in a plastic bag sealed with durex tape.

2005 S. Leigh Wild Women 82 He suddenly remembered he was out of sticky tape, so slipped in and asked for some. Durex Tape, as it's called in Australia. How was he to know that Durex means contraceptives in this country?

II. Simple uses.

2. Chiefly Australian = durex tape n. at sense 1.See note at sense 1.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > adhesive tape

adhesive tape1887

sticky tape1890

duck tape1899

passepartout1910

durex tape1932

Scotch tape1934

durex1938

Sellotape1949

duct tape1965

1938 Brit. Plastics Year Bk. iii. 157 Durex, Masking Tape.—(Durex Abrasives Ltd.)

1949 Brisbane Tel. 26 May 14/2 (advt.) Double-seal important mail with almost invisible Durex.

1955 Pennant (Penola, S. Austral.) 27 Jan. 3/3 It is only a matter of a few days before they are ready to stick (with durex) into a scrap book.

1974 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 July 4/1 I am frequently given to yelling out..‘Toss us over the durex, will you Charlie’ when it's heaven knows what brand of sticky-tape I'm after. (This..invariably evokes sniggers from the newly-immigrated Anglo-Saxons among my confreres.)

1999 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 22 Oct. 66 I do not want to use normal sticky tape or durex because it damages the photos.

2000 Re: Unix or UNIX??? in comp.unix.aix (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Feb. As an Aussie I use ‘durex’ to stick pictures in my scrap book, and I get funny looks [in Britain] when I go into WH Smiths and ask the counter staff where they keep it.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Durexn.²

Brit.

/ˈdjʊərɛks/,

/ˈdʒʊərɛks/, U.S.

/ˈd(j)uˌrɛks/

Forms: Also durex.

Etymology: Origin uncertain, but see quot. 1982.

A proprietary name for a contraceptive sheath. Hence: any condom.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > contraception or birth control > [noun] > a contraceptive > condom

condom?1706

armour1708

machine1749

protective1827

French letter?1844

sheath1861

French safe1868

letterc1890

rubber1913

Durex1932

prophylactic1934

raincoat1934

male condom1938

Trojan1951

safety1952

safe1959

Frenchy1963

scumbag1967

internal condom1969

franger1975

dicksack1996

1932 Trade Marks Jrnl. 16 Nov. 1462/2 Durex..Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals, but not including surgical adhesive tape... The London Rubber Company, London.

1963 Which? Contraceptives Suppl. 15 Nov. iv. 37 Durex Gossamer was found in almost every shop, and Durex Protectives were found nearly as often.

1971 B. Thornberry tr. S. Hansen & J. Jensen Little Red School Bk. (ed. 2) 98 Boys use sheaths, sometimes called durex, skins, or French letters.

1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 155 I was conversant with Durex lore, however, having naturally peed and wanked into them a good deal as a youngster.

1977 Spare Rib June 26/3 You know that joke about durex.

1982 A. Room Dict. Trade Name Origins 69 Durex (contraceptives by LRC International). The name was devised by the former chairman of LRC, Mr. A. R. Reid, to whom it came ‘out of the air’ when he was travelling one evening in 1929 on his usual train home from London.

1986 N.Y. Times 5 Jan. iii. 10/5 London International, whose Durex brands account for 96 percent of Britain's condom sales.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	durex
释义	durexn.¹ Brit. /ˈdjʊərɛks/, /ˈdʒʊərɛks/, /ˈdjɔːrɛks/, /ˈdʒɔːrɛks/, U.S. /ˈd(j)ʊˌrɛks/, Australian English /ˈdjʊəreks/, /ˈdʒʊəreks/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Durex. Etymology: < the name of Durex Abrasives Ltd., U.K.-based company formed in 1929 by several U.S. manufacturing companies (including 3M), to manufacture various branded products (including Durex cellulose tape and Durex masking tape) for international markets. I. Compounds. 1. durex tape n. Originally: any of various brands of adhesive tape made by Durex Abrasives Ltd. Later more generally (Australian): any transparent adhesive tape; cf. Sellotape n., Scotch tape n.Durex brands of adhesive tape are no longer sold in Australia or other parts of the English-speaking world. The use as a generic term has also become less common in recent years, probably in part because of awareness of the use of Durex to refer to condoms (see Durex n.²); cf. quot. 2005 and quots. 1974, 2000 at sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > adhesive tape adhesive tape1887 sticky tape1890 duck tape1899 passepartout1910 durex tape1932 Scotch tape1934 durex1938 Sellotape1949 duct tape1965 1932 Paper-maker & Brit. Paper Trade Jrnl. Oct. 321/1 Filling the bags and sealing with Durex tape in one operation. 1938 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 7 Jan. 10/2 ‘Durex’ tape may be obtained either transparent or in a range of twelve colours from most good stationers. 1950 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 9 Dec. 10/4 The Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs..warned against the practice of using durex tape over the postage stamps. 1995 R. G. Barrett Day of Gecko 222 It was a white T-shirt wrapped in a plastic bag sealed with durex tape. 2005 S. Leigh Wild Women 82 He suddenly remembered he was out of sticky tape, so slipped in and asked for some. Durex Tape, as it's called in Australia. How was he to know that Durex means contraceptives in this country? II. Simple uses. 2. Chiefly Australian = durex tape n. at sense 1.See note at sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > adhesive tape adhesive tape1887 sticky tape1890 duck tape1899 passepartout1910 durex tape1932 Scotch tape1934 durex1938 Sellotape1949 duct tape1965 1938 Brit. Plastics Year Bk. iii. 157 Durex, Masking Tape.—(Durex Abrasives Ltd.) 1949 Brisbane Tel. 26 May 14/2 (advt.) Double-seal important mail with almost invisible Durex. 1955 Pennant (Penola, S. Austral.) 27 Jan. 3/3 It is only a matter of a few days before they are ready to stick (with durex) into a scrap book. 1974 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 July 4/1 I am frequently given to yelling out..‘Toss us over the durex, will you Charlie’ when it's heaven knows what brand of sticky-tape I'm after. (This..invariably evokes sniggers from the newly-immigrated Anglo-Saxons among my confreres.) 1999 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 22 Oct. 66 I do not want to use normal sticky tape or durex because it damages the photos. 2000 Re: Unix or UNIX??? in comp.unix.aix (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Feb. As an Aussie I use ‘durex’ to stick pictures in my scrap book, and I get funny looks [in Britain] when I go into WH Smiths and ask the counter staff where they keep it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Durexn.² Brit. /ˈdjʊərɛks/, /ˈdʒʊərɛks/, U.S. /ˈd(j)uˌrɛks/ Forms: Also durex. Etymology: Origin uncertain, but see quot. 1982. A proprietary name for a contraceptive sheath. Hence: any condom. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > contraception or birth control > [noun] > a contraceptive > condom condom?1706 armour1708 machine1749 protective1827 French letter?1844 sheath1861 French safe1868 letterc1890 rubber1913 Durex1932 prophylactic1934 raincoat1934 male condom1938 Trojan1951 safety1952 safe1959 Frenchy1963 scumbag1967 internal condom1969 franger1975 dicksack1996 1932 Trade Marks Jrnl. 16 Nov. 1462/2 Durex..Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals, but not including surgical adhesive tape... The London Rubber Company, London. 1963 Which? Contraceptives Suppl. 15 Nov. iv. 37 Durex Gossamer was found in almost every shop, and Durex Protectives were found nearly as often. 1971 B. Thornberry tr. S. Hansen & J. Jensen Little Red School Bk. (ed. 2) 98 Boys use sheaths, sometimes called durex, skins, or French letters. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 155 I was conversant with Durex lore, however, having naturally peed and wanked into them a good deal as a youngster. 1977 Spare Rib June 26/3 You know that joke about durex. 1982 A. Room Dict. Trade Name Origins 69 Durex (contraceptives by LRC International). The name was devised by the former chairman of LRC, Mr. A. R. Reid, to whom it came ‘out of the air’ when he was travelling one evening in 1929 on his usual train home from London. 1986 N.Y. Times 5 Jan. iii. 10/5 London International, whose Durex brands account for 96 percent of Britain's condom sales. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1932n.²1932
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