Botox
verbUS /ˈboʊtɑks/ · UK /ˈbəʊtɒks/
Etymology Blend of botulinum + toxin.
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To inject Botox.
- The heavily Botoxed, stylishly black-clad, elegantly blinged women who organized this evening may not want to imitate Bette's style, but they certainly love her sass.2009 January 24, Richard Ouzounian, “A winning Bette”, in Toronto Star:
- His thirty year younger wife, Monica, has apparently graduated with a magna cum laude honors degree from an Ivy League, but obviously lost it somewhere down the line when she visited her plastic surgeon; double D silicones and Botoxed face!2012, Kamini Patel, The Morning After:
2 more examples
- To be clear, I have no problem with anybody who Botoxes and fills.2015, Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella, Truly Funny Stories, Volume 2:
- […]I probably Botox twice a year.2025 May 17, Henry Mance, “Lunch with the FT: Trinny Woodall”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
- Related terms
- botulin