sticky-backed plastic

noun

Etymology

British television show Blue Peter invented the term due to its policy against using commercial terms on-air. The commercial term for the product was Fablon.

Definitions

  1. large sheet of thin, soft, coloured plastic that is sticky on one side

    • For today's make, you'll need a good sheet of blue sticky-backed plastic, a pen and a washing-up bottle.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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