Kleenices

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Kleenex form-of, humorous, plural

    "Meet Exact Esther, who bought a box of Kleenices."

  2. 2
    plural of kleenex form-of, humorous, plural

    "Let me be crumpled into cabbage / Peeled into carrot strips / Abandoned with the used kleenices holey hermit sacks outcast chewing gum wrappers and all the other paper pariahs of your so-called civilization […]"

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Example

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"Meet Exact Esther, who bought a box of Kleenices."

Etymology

Etymology 1

As though Kleenex were pluralized in the manner of Latin third declension nouns. By surface analysis, Kleenex + -i- + -ces.

Etymology 2

As though kleenex were pluralized in the manner of Latin third declension nouns. By surface analysis, kleenex + -i- + -ces.

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