Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A form of ornament or ornamental design which can be shown to be due originally to the nature of the material and the method of working it, or to technique. The forms and patterns originating in a certain technique may then be further modified or copied in other material.
Wiktionary
- n. A design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary.
Examples
“A skeuomorph is a design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material.”
“The word "pre-roll" is what the magazine New Scientist called a "linguistic skeuomorph.”
“A number of people pointed out that this is an example of a skeuomorph, "a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘skeuomorph’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Geology Words
The descriptive science described.
earth, lithosphere, mineral, convection, heat flow, ore, deep time, fossil, formation, rock, tectonics, extinction and 256 more...
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[Open] There’s a word for that.
These are uncommon names for common things. They have definitions one wouldn’t be surprised to see in The Meaning of Liff (or its sequel, or attached to one of those bastard children thereof, snig...
epaulette, epaulet, ing, aboiement, aglet, googlegänger, maschalephidrosis, culicino, plurale tantum, hypergelast, skeuomorph, hey rube and 7 more...
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Devans00's Wonder Words
Words that catch my fancy. Make me wish I was clever enough to work them into conversation without upsetting people.
sweven, combat nap, junior moment, smithereens, requel, interesting, ityf, beerboarding, mouse potato, skimmington, destinesia, louche and 15 more...
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Found a word that you think might suit me?
kettle logic, just deserts, mother tincture, miasma, electrohomeopathy, teratology, daytime parahypna..., microbarom, hypergelast, skeuomorph, contraparallelogram, zenzizenzizenzic and 17 more...
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Words for everyday things
tittle, lunule, crepuscular ray, ferrule, gynecomastia, muntin, akimbo, skeuomorph, paresthesia, obdormition, phosphene, armscye and 9 more...
fissionchips As seen here: http://boingboing.net/2012/01/17/in-praise-of-skeuomorphs.html#disqus_thread Jan 17, 2012
trochee "A complacency artifact is an interaction interface skeuomorph." Mar 3, 2011
jmjarmstrong JM looks around and recognises a host of skeuomorphs and wonders is it also a career goal? Feb 12, 2009
devans00 A design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary. For example, the click sound of a shutter in an analog camera that is now reproduced in a digital camera by playing a sound clip.
A skeuomorph can be employed for various purposes. Since people are used to the click sound of a camera as feedback that the picture has been taken, it is now artificially-produced in digital cameras. Other examples are copper cladding on a zinc penny (for familiarity) and wood finish on a plastic product (for a more expensive look).
A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg
An ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
Dictionary.com Oct 7, 2008