spandex
[span-deks]
- a synthetic fiber composed of a long-chain polymer, used chiefly in the manufacture of garments to add elasticity.
Origin of spandex
First recorded in 1955–60; anagram of expands
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A spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose.
No one really wants to see how a good person grows into a good person in spandex who fights for justice.
Rather, she shows us: that spandex clad ass twerking in the jungle, surrounded by a feral pack of similarly well fed asses?
Ben Affleck can be an adequately chisel-jawed buffoon in spandex.
All replete with spandex, stage lights, and coconut water vendors galore.
spandex
- a type of synthetic stretch fabric made from polyurethane fibre
Word Origin
C20: coined from an anagram of expands
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Word Origin and History for spandex
Spandex
n.
synthetic fiber, 1959, American English, proprietary name, an arbitrary formation from expand.
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