English

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Etymology

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Blend of plastic +‎ card.

Noun

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plasticard (uncountable)

  1. Thin polystyrene sheets used in arts and crafts.
    • 1996 April 22, Ron Kruger, “Modeling: What is Plasticard?”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:
      Your right, plasticard is just another word for those thin sheets of polystyrene model kits are made from.
    • 1997 October 9, Paul and Kristin Shoemaker, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:
      I was looking at the TerraGenesis pages on terrain building (which by the way are great) when a question occured[sic] to me. What the heck is plasticard exactly and where do you get it? I mean, is plasticard one of those British (no disrespect intended) terms which us Americans can't understand (ie. PVA glue = Elmer's white glue)or am I just missing something very basic?
    • 1997 October 10, DBurgerOTR, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:
      Plasticard is simply polystyrene plastic . . same stuff that is used in all those model cars and planes.
    • 2003 December 18, Danimal, “[MODEL]Plasticard”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:
      Two questions
      1. Where is a good place to get plasticard and
      2. what is the approximate price