flexicuffs

English

Alternative forms

• flex cuffs, flex-cuffs, flexi cuffs

Etymology

From flexible cuffs.

Noun

flexicuffs pl (plural only)

1. disposable plastic handcuffs similar in appearance to cable ties
   • 2015 August 20, Helen Davidson, “Former Nauru guard says he did not see waterboarding of asylum seekers”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The inquiry’s chair, Alex Gallacher, later looked up flexicuffs on an electronic device, and described them as “basically cable ties”, noting it would be very easy for Nichols to mistake them as such.