Durex
nounUS, UK /ˈdʌ.ɹɛks/ · AU /ˈdʊ.ɹɛks/
Etymology Condom brand name: 1929, from durability, reliability, excellence.
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UK A condom.
- All I know is that you could, if you wanted to, find the answers to all sorts of difficult questions buried in that terrible war-torn interregnum between the first pubic hair and the first soiled Durex.1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 17:
- Pocket full of Durex, body full of Mandrex / Are we gonna have sex? Will you wear your knee socks?2006, “Rudebox”, in Rudebox, performed by Robbie Williams:
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Australia Adhesive tape.