Definitions
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- noun A
portable audio cassette player withheadphones .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (trademark) a pocket-sized stereo system with light weight earphones
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine 2010
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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.
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To people of a certain age, the Walkman is tied up with memories of adolescence.
The soundtrack to your Walkman years Michael Cragg 2010
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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.
Lori's A.M. Buzz: Who's calling, please? Washington Post editors 2010
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The name Walkman became virtually synonymous with headphone stereo products and it even appeared in respected dictionaries abroad as well as in Japan.
From a cavernous hotel suite. Ann Althouse 2006
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But all is not lost - Chinese manufacturers can still make devices with the name Walkman, to be sold in Asia and the Middle East.
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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 2009
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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'.
SiliconIndia.com 2009
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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.
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The expression "inline skate" is common I wrote about that once, but who ever called a Walkman a personal stereo device?
tuckcts commented on the word Walkman
Walkman is the proud invention by Sony.
January 24, 2011