sposie

n. a disposable diaper. Subjects: English, Slang, Abbreviation

Etymological Note: Clipping of “disposable.”

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Citations: 2003 Usenet: misc.kids.breastfeeding (Apr. 8) “Re: Ew! Ew! Who had the minishower?”: Since we’re in disposables overnight ATM while I humor this night-nursing addiction, I realize how much bulkier cloth is. And that’s just a prefold and a wrap—and still a green-stitched prefold at that. Sproutkin’s in 12M sizes in daytime clothes, but back in her baby 6-12M sleepers with the ’sposies. 2004 [Shelly] Usenet: misc.kids.pregnancy (Feb. 2) “Re: Diapers: Disposable vs Cloth”: I probably will do sposies when we go out, but am planning to buy the biodegradable kind…yes, I know they don’t actually biodegrade in the landfill, but I really don’t want my baby exposed to the chemicals in regular diapers. 2005 Isabel Berwick Financial Times (United Kingdom) (June 4) “Real nappies—the bottom line” p. 3: Ask any disposable-addicted mother (“dispis” or “sposies” as we superior mums call them) about her impression of cloth nappies, and you will get some guff about pins, terries and boiling them on the stove. [2006 [Kannon99] BabyNameWorld.com (Oct. 5) “Cloth wipes/Make your own wipes?”: I don’t even use a wipes warmer. Just squirt the solution on before use. For traveling I had been using sposy wipes, but just bought a tiny travel squirt bottle for the solution.] 2007 [Amber] Gentle Christian Mothers (Feb. 23) “Re: Target diapers”: I like Huggies better, but I am cheap and don’t use sposies much so we get the Target ones.

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