pampers

Etymology 1

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pamper

Etymology 2

From the brand Pampers, from pamper.

noun

  1. (informal) A diaper or nappy (absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent).
    Ms. Deborah Manzer. So when I can only get pampers and their personal things, soap and shampoo, and detergent for their clothes, that $25 is gone, so there is no money for excess food toward the end of the month. 1988, Hunger Emergency in America: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture and the Domestic Task Force of the Select Committee on Hunger, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office, page 133
    After we landed on the island, I could now see the object Markassie had pointed to—a lone pampers stuck (or frozen?) to the rocks several feet above the high tide mark. A pampers—from where might Hudson Bay’s notoriously whimsical currents have brought it? 2016, Lawrence Millman, chapter 23, in At the End of the World: A True Story of Murder in the Arctic, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, page 79
    As I say, we’re both out of work and both of them are still in pampers. So, it’s kind of hard … to … buy pampers for the babies.[…]—Interviewee, Raleigh/Durham, NC 2017, Ann O’Leary, Ilana Gabrielle Raskind, Melissa Turner, “Food Insecurity Experienced by Women Living in Poverty”, in Ann O’Leary, Paula M. Frew, editors, Poverty in the United States: Women’s Voices, Springer, page 58
    A trending video has surfaced online where four men wore pampers to a branch of a new generation bank in Epe, Lagos to withdraw money. 29 January 2022, “Moment four men wore pampers to bank in Epe (Photos, video)”, in P.M. News
    Nunez knew one of the victims, Richard Dominguez, since he was “in pampers,” his sister told the Daily News on Wednesday. 10 August 2022, Kerry Burke, Thomas Tracy, “Three Trinitarios-linked gang members arrested for grisly 2020 Bronx double murder, ‘We just want justice,’ one victim’s wife says”, in New York Daily News
    In fact, most of the young standouts on this Dallas squad were still in pampers when the Cowboys last hoisted the Lombardi Trophy. 13 August 2022, Griffin Conant, “NFL Preseason odds: Cowboys vs. Broncos prediction, odds and pick – 8/13/2022”, in ClutchPoints
    Excited but ignorant children ran helter-skelter, some half naked, some in pampers;[…]. 15 August 2022, “Echoes From The Valley”, in Sahara Reporters

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