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Blu-Tack

noun

Etymology

From a brand name, from blue tack.

Definitions

  1. A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and…

    A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.

    • It was an April Fool hoax, of course. 31200 had been rigged up with a single lightweight wooden [name] plate (loosely held on by Blu Tack).

  2. To fix with Blu-Tack.

    • The power switch wasn't seated properly, and so I blu-tacked it into place.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Blu-Tack. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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