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Sep. 02, 2016
gaposis\gap-OH-sis\noun
1. Facetious. a noticeable gap or series of gaps, as between the
fastened buttons or snaps on an overly tight garment.
QuotesFor years metal-zipper industries have been spending thousands of
dollars educating the public in the horror and neurosis attendant on
"Gap-osis"--bulging lags between fastenings.
-- , "Manufacturers Design Zipperless Fashions," Life, December 15,
1941
Origin of gaposisGaposis is a humorous coinage from the 1950s. The
suffix -osis occurs in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or
states, especially disorders or abnormal states.More From
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