Tippex
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A particular brand of correction fluid, or correction fluid in general.
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Born ~1997 · 1 year of recorded useDefinitions
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A particular brand of correction fluid, or correction fluid in general.
If an application form is completed incorrectly or there's Tippex on it or the spelling is incorrect, then frankly I do not have the time or the patience to think that we will recruit that person...
“Last night I reached for my liquid Viagra but accidentally grabbed a bottle of tippex. I woke up with a huge correction.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive) To delete using correction fluid.
Lara also ends on an imminent return to “my island—the 'Great' Tippexed out of it,” with the lines: “It is time to leave./ Back to London, across international time zones, I step out of Heathrow and into my future.”
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(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A particular brand of correction tape, or correction tape in general.
Perhaps we can manufacture special bottles of Tippex For Unwanted Tummies. Perhaps we can manufacture special bottles of Tippex For Use on Burnt Toast.
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