(Philippines, slang) toothpaste.
(Philippines, slang) toothpaste.
A particular brand of toothpaste.
Poirot's lips moved. Inspector Colgate leaned forward. Poirot was murmuring, "It's so difficult to know which pieces are part of the fur rug and which are the cat's tail."
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(Philippines, slang) nail polish.
(slang) Any tooth.
In Filipino slang, cutex is the everyday word for nail polish, taken directly from the Cutex brand name that became so dominant in the Philippines it replaced the generic term entirely. Whether you're talking about a bold red gloss or a subtle nude coat, it's all just cutex. It's a textbook example of a brand name becoming so culturally embedded that nobody uses the actual product description anymore.
(idiomatic, slang) Teeth.
Enjoy! Last time I was there was visiting my brother at Colgate, happy reminiscence.