OBLITERINEfrom Fancyclopedia 2
(Auslans:Ackerman) Now better known within fandom as corflu, but
definitely obsolete.
Obliterine, obliterine,
Without you where would
we have been?
To err is human, and slannish too,
But we can correct
our mistakes with u
Few of man's blessings are less unmixed...
-- jfs
If, once the error's fixed
The meld is good, the fresh cut clean
Where typer slices Obliterine...
-- lhs
A solution of wax in ether, used to correct errors in
mimeograph stencil-cutting. (The
word was originally the trade name of an Australian brand of correction
fluid.) When a mistake has been made on the mimeo stencil, the openings in
the wax are closed by rubbing, as with a paper clip, and obliterine used to
seal the spot, which can be retyped after a few seconds. (It doesn't work
quite so well on artwork.) The bad thing about obliterine is its habit of
vaporizing and thickening in the bottle, cap it quickly as you will.
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