Meanings
nounHarpic (uncountable)
alternative harpic
- uncountableAn international brand of toilet cleaner
‘HARPIC’ CLEANS THE TRAP & PIPE. Weekly sprinkling KEEPS the BOWL SPOTLESS.
1923, Unknown, “Advertisement”, in The Journal of State Medicine, volume 31, number 1, page iv - countableslangCrazy, insane (from the Harpic marketing slogan ‘cleans round the bend’)
“Harpic? […] Why do you call him that?" "He's clean round the bend."
1951, Nevil Shute, chapter 4, in Round the Bend, London: Heinemann
Origin
Contraction of the name of the toilet cleaner inventor Harry Pickup.
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