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- noun slang, colloquialism, North America, television, dated a direct-to-home satellite television
satellite (used by thecable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating thecable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution)
Etymologies
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death + star: "star" as is satellite; "death" as in the decimation of an industry. Influenced by the Star Wars "death star".
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