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black fax

black fax noun: a prank fax transmission whose pages are entirely filled with a uniform black tone, so as to waste the ink of the recipient.

Noun

black fax (plural black faxes)

  1. A prank fax transmission whose pages are entirely filled with a uniform black tone, so as to waste the ink of the recipient.
    • They also pranked the Church of Scientology members by sending hundreds of pizzas to the headquarters in Europe, and some sent black faxes (i.e., black sheets of paper sent to a fax machine in an endless loop to drain the ink and damage the machine) to the Los Angeles headquarters.2016, Jarice Hanson Ph.D., The Social Media Revolution: An Economic Encyclopedia of Friending

Forms of black fax

pluralblack faxes

Questions about black fax

What does black fax mean?
Black fax means a prank fax transmission whose pages are entirely filled with a uniform black tone, so as to waste the ink of the recipient.
What part of speech is black fax?
Black fax is a noun.
What is the plural of black fax?
The plural of black fax is black faxes.

Words near black fax in the dictionary

  1. black eyed susan
  2. black eyes
  3. black fast
  4. black fasts
  5. black fatigue
  6. black fax
  7. black faxes
  8. black fellow
  9. black fellows
  10. Black Ferns
  11. black fever

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