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black faxes

black faxes is the plural of black fax.

Meaning of black fax

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

Questions about black faxes

What is black faxes the plural of?
Black faxes is the plural of black fax.

Words near black faxes in the dictionary

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

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