DEFINITION: n. An old media format that is no longer popular or easily accessible, such as floppy disks, VHS tapes or stone tablets. v. To try to access data stored in an old-fashioned media format, especially it requires the use archaic technology and/or protocols.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Protogram: /Pro-toe-gram/ Still using your brain to think?
It’s such a protogram.
Try google, you Neanderthal. Etymology: Proto(prefix meaning earliest form of something) + Program Created by: FreakyDeak.
Betablock: /bay ta blok/ When Sammy tried to put his dvd in Grandpa’s old video machine, he found it was in betablock mode. No wonder Grandpa had heart trouble. Sammy was confused and felt like someone travelling back in a time
machine…Grandpa’s videos were on Beta, his music on 8 Track, his movies were on 8 mm, his tv was in black & white and his telephone had a rotary dial. No wonder Grandpa was so old…it took him ages to get in contact with the outside world! Etymology: Beta (old video format, before VHS) & Beta Blocker (any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system)
Created by: Nosila.
Oldfashionology: /ÅldfashÉ™nälÉ™jÄ“/ Denise loves to keep up with the newest technology. Her checkbook doesn’t always allow her to keep up. You can imagine her excitement when the prices started dropping on one of her favorite data-storage devices. Now she is in the dumps because zip drives have joined the world of oldfashionology. Etymology: old-fashioned (no longer current or common; not modern) + technology (the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes) Created by: artr.
Exprise: /Ex-prise/ He uttered complete exprise at realizing he lost on Jeopardy. Etymology: Created by: Ekovox.
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