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disposable nappy

A disposable nappy/diaper is for babies or incontinent adults, it absorbs urine and contains faeces, once soiled it is thrown away.

Pampers and Huggies are the 2 most well know brands of disposable nappies, disposables have been around since the late 40's and have changed considerably since then from simple paper pads that fitted inside plastic pants, to the high tech product they are now.

All nappy brands have theire little gimmics to sell the nappy, eg resealable tapes, stretchy waistbands, leak gaurds, wetness indicators and so on, but they all have the same basic make up, consisting of a layer of cloth like material, which is actually thin strands of plastic woven together, this is often called a one way liner, this allows the babies (or adults) urine to be absorbed into the absorbent padding inside the nappy, but also stops it from coming back through so keeping the skin dry,
The absorbent padding layer is made from wood pulp, which are tiny fibres of wood which have been purified to make them white, spread within the fibres are crystals of a absorbent polymer, which turn into a gel when they get wet, this helps the nappy to absorb lots of urine without leaking, as once the wetness is gel, it cannot be squeezed out, unlike the older disposables which only had wood pulp padding, whenever baby sat down it just squished out and left the baby sitting in a puddle!
The last layer is waterproof plastic, this further stops leaks and also acts as a shell to keep the padding contained.

Most disposables nappies apart from the cheapest brands have cute pictures on the front, sometimes companies, Disney for example, pay the nappy manufactor to display there cartoon characters, this is ussualy on the bigger brands, on cheaper brands images like teddy bears and other babyish items are seen.
i saw a baby wearing a disposable nappy
by Pampers lover August 27, 2006
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disposable information

information that has an extremely short life span, then ends up in the mental "landfill"
tiger woods situation has become disposable information

my locker combination is now disposable information

her favorite color has now become disposable information!
by michael foolsley December 30, 2009
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disposable theory

(disposable theory) -AKA: "throwing something away" -how does one do this? if i "throw something away", it just vanishes, right? -or does it disappear in degrees depending on its' molecular make-up??

if i call you a 'cocksucker' my words might 'disappear', but if i "a-heave" my bic cigarette lighter, it will get out of my sight, but take hundreds of years to vanish! -in theory i have "thrown it away", though it still physically exists...now, lets' multiply this by 200 billion...or; lets' break out the goods and get good and 'altered'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -burn one for crazy unc'!!
what of this disposable theory?

martin met a young woman, got the 'poison' ground out of him, then applied the disposable theory

made me a nice mess, now i'll apply the disposable theory
by michael foolsley December 23, 2009
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disposable headphones

the shitty headphones yo buy for like 4 buck and us for about 2 days then dispose because they have been destroyed by use
guy1 - het man i just bought this sick lloking headphones at the dollar store

GUY2- dude that shit"s not gonna last a week those are disposable headphones

.......two days later

GUY1- oh shit those headphones broke on my first 4 hours of music

GUY 2-I KNEW IT CHEAP FUCK NEXT TIME BY A ZUNE OR SOME OTHER PREMIUM HEADPHONES....
by thetechy critque117 October 23, 2011
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Disposable Racehorse

The kind of ridiculous purchase you could make with 2007 banker bonuses.
After I got my bonus, I bought a thoroughbred and used him as a disposable racehorse. Raced him once at Pimlico and had him shot for no good reason.
by #1 Thrilla November 3, 2009
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Disposable Dick

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WOMEN ACTING LIKE MEN
Disposable Dick is bascially a penis that you smash and dash, use and abuse, hit and run. Dick that is not good enough for a relationship. But good enough to fuck .
Annie: You're new guy John is so cute you're so lucky

Bella: oh you can have him, he's disposable Dick

Annie: oh daddy yessssssssss
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Disposable Minnie Mouse Pubes

A throw away merkin, sold at Disneyland, and made of two circles of black pubic hair with a red bow in the center.
Greg and Chris wanted some kinky 70s porn star bush action back at the Disneyland Hotel, so Brad’s mom bought Disposable Minnie Mouse Pubes to wear over her freshly waxed minge.
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