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spandex

[ span-deks ]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a synthetic fiber composed of a long-chain polymer, used chiefly in the manufacture of garments to add elasticity.


spandex

/ ˈæԻɛ /

noun

  1. a type of synthetic stretch fabric made from polyurethane fibre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of spandex1

First recorded in 1955–60; anagram of expands
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of spandex1

C20: coined from an anagram of expands
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He and his staff responded by finding a local tailor and a second-hand sewing machine, and establishing a workshop right inside the rehab facility — using spandex instead of the usual material.

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“What about the kids? What about me?” she says, huffing away in her avatar’s spandex skeleton costume.

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I wouldn’t want to go on if I was overweight or wearing spandex.

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Appearing sans spandex like a cartoon character on stage as his real-persona-denying-his-persona and wearing a cross, the aging Hulk gave a fake motivational talk to a room full of “real Americans.”

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But Kripke said that he and Starr were careful not to make Homelander not just a blond replica of Trump in a cape and spandex.

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