corflute
English
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Corflutes staked to the ground
Etymology
From Corflute (brand name), a registered trademark owned by Corex Plastics (Australia) Pty. Ltd., of Melbourne, Australia, from 1970.
Noun
corflute (plural corflutes)
- (Australia) A sign made of corrugated plastic, especially for electioneering.
- 2019 October 29, “There is no need for a corflute ban”, in The Canberra Times:
- What we can't ignore is that corflutes are one of the most affordable ways for parties and candidates to get names and faces out in front of the public.
- 2021 September 19, Conor Byrne, Liz Trevaskis, Adam Steer, “Corflutes seem to be essential to elections, but are they really a scourge?”, in ABC News:
- Election placards are commonly called corflutes, but this is a proprietary brand name owned by Corex—thus the title case "c" in Corflute.
- 2022 May 14, John Ferguson, “Election 2022: Josh Frydenberg ahead but fights for future amid surging teal vote”, in The Australian, subscription required:
- The corflutes on houses have been a campaigning masterstroke.
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