walkman
nounEtymology (cassette player): Genericized trademark from the Sony trademark Walkman.
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A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.
- Because I can't stand looking at that inexplicable Walkman anymore. You're carrying around a brick playing a cassette tape. We're not savages—so I'm gonna put a thousand songs in your pocket.2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender):
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Philippines, Informal Pigs' ears, chopped, shaved, marinated, skewered, then grilled, sold as street food.
- Related terms
- discman