Tupperize

T1U1P3P3E1R1I1Z10E1

verb

To adapt or convert to the use of Tupperware.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

verbTupperize (third-person singular simple present Tupperizes, present participle Tupperizing, simple past and past participle Tupperized)

present singular third person Tupperizes · participle present Tupperizing · participle past Tupperized · past Tupperized

  1. transitiveTo adapt or convert to the use of Tupperware.

    I ordered Tupperware and had one of her distributors Tupperize our pantry. It's been a year now, and I'm still excited about my organized pantry and the Simonsens.

    1990, Emilie Barnes, Things Happen when Women Care, page 220
    2 more examples

    “I hope I can Tupperize my family!” gushes Ann. Now there's a woman who could use a bit more role distance. Identified with her role as Tupperware party hostess, Ann doesn't seem happily at home in the social world.

    2008, Don Herzog, Cunning, page 154

    For the once-bankrupt tree doctor, the 1950s would bring a lot of lucky green cash Earl Tupper's way. He now had the infrastructure in place to begin Tupperizing America.

    2008, Bob Kealing, Tupperware, Unsealed, page 32
  2. To write in the style of the English poet and novelist Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889).

Origin

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