Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A trademark used for a pocket-sized cassette player, compact disk player, radio, or combined unit with lightweight earphones.
Wiktionary
- n. A portable audio cassette player with headphones.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (trademark) a pocket-sized stereo system with light weight earphones
Etymologies
- A trademark; apparently from walk + man. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“As if that wasn't enough Black Tower are offering 3 runners up the chance to win the just launched, ultra slim new OLED Sony Walkman NWZA845B with BBC iPlayer compatibility and a set of Sony portable travel speakers so that you can just dock your Walkman® and press play for incredible sound quality while you're camping, on the beach or out in the garden.”
“The term Walkman is on a par with the "atmosphere English" found on Japanese T-Shirts, bags, and pencil boxes, such as Tenderness was completed a pastel and The New York City Theatre District is where you can and us, anyone.”
“If you remember parachute pants, the Brat Pack and the horror of Molly Ringwald's prom dress in "Pretty in Pink," you'll appreciate this bit of news: the Sony Walkman is no more.”
The Washington Post: Lori's A.M. Buzz: Who's calling, please?
“To people of a certain age, the Walkman is tied up with memories of adolescence.”
“The name Walkman became virtually synonymous with headphone stereo products and it even appeared in respected dictionaries abroad as well as in Japan.”
“But all is not lost - Chinese manufacturers can still make devices with the name Walkman, to be sold in Asia and the Middle East.”
“The name Walkman was used as Superman was very famous in those days and it was also based on the fact that existing audio recorders were called 'Pressman'.”
“In Britain the gadget was marketed as the Stowaway and America as the Soundabout but the popularity of the device - one of the world's first truly global gadgets - meant the name Walkman spread, and before long Sony made sure all were called the same name.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
“Walkman MuseumSeveral decades before the invention of the iPod, the audio technical wonder of the age was the personal cassette player – given the generic name Walkman after Sony's bestselling model.”
“The expression "inline skate" is common I wrote about that once, but who ever called a Walkman a personal stereo device?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Walkman’.
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Genericised Trademarks and Trademark ...
Brand names and/ or trademarks that are now used instead or alongside similar products' names.
Pacer, Texta, Thermos, Escalator, Zipper, Aspirin, Kleenex, Cellophane, Yo-yo, Trampoline, Petrol, Vaseline and 68 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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Trademarks
"A trademark is any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination thereof, used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from those of another and to indi...
Academy Award, Ace bandage, Acrilan, Addressograph, Alar, Alcian blue, Alclad, Aldis lamp, Ampakine, Amtrak, Amytal, Angostura bitters and 661 more...
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Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary l...
Judging from my French-English dictionary, which devotes only a page and a half to entries beginning with the letters W-Z, French has at least four candidates for the designation "unnecessary lette...
zut, zozoter, zozo, zoom, zoologique, zoologie, zoo, zoner, zone, zonard, zona, zodiaque and 54 more...
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Japanese inventions
Inventions by Japanese companies and individuals
Tenga, Karaoke, Animae, Cosplay, Monosodium glutamate, Walkman
Tweets
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tuckcts Walkman is the proud invention by Sony. Jan 24, 2011