circs

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɝks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɜːks/

circs

1. plural of circ

circs pl (plural only)

1. (plural only, informal) Circumstances.
   • 2009, Christopher Breen, "Subscriptions, Sonos, and the Second Coming", Macworld, 21 May 2009:

     I'm covered as far as iPod and automobile go as I have a solid library of music I've ripped from CD and purchased. But music throughout the house is trickier. And, under normal circs, subscription is no answer.

   • 2010, Julie Burchill, "Spare us these pampered protesters who riot in defence of their privilege", The Independent, 16 December 2010:

     Charlie Gilmour's father is an old Etonian poet; his stepfather a superannuated rock star worth around £78m whose most famous ditty insisted, somewhat amusingly under the circs, that "We don't need no education."

   • 2011, Joanna Trollope, "Royal wedding: is this a fairytale? No, it is the real thing", The Telegraph, 1 May 2011:

     All this royal pomp and circs and magnificence and significance and sacred music and you are, quite rightly, your unaffected modern English selves.

   • 2011, Jennifer Peltz, "Defense: Fatal NYC tower fire a 'bad circumstance'", BusinessWeek, 14 June 2011:

     "They were trapped in circs that they didn't know anything about, that they could not have foreseen […]

circs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circ

circs

1. plural of circ