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Meaning of Harpic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. An international brand of toilet cleaner
    uncountable
  2. Crazy, insane (from the Harpic marketing slogan ‘cleans round the bend’)
    countable, slang

Examples

“‘HARPIC’ CLEANS THE TRAP & PIPE. Weekly sprinkling KEEPS the BOWL SPOTLESS.”
““Harpic? […] Why do you call him that?" "He's clean round the bend."”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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