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  • noun As much as fits on a screen.

Etymologies

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screen +‎ -ful

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Examples

  • And I get a screenful of Apache errors when I try the UK site, just on the off-chance.

    Friday YouTube: Billy Dee's Red-Letter Day 2009

  • A quick Google search of that term comes up with a screenful of head-spinning, spittle-flecked, crazy right wing sites.

    Think Progress » GOP Lawmakers Use Christian Hate Radio To Concoct Conspiracies, Build Opposition To Health Reform 2010

  • For every screenful of shots of girls there were only a few photos of guys.

    The Facebook Effect David Kirkpatrick 2010

  • I might be wrong, but it seems like the optimal length for a blog post is something that's going to be one screenful on a 1024x768 monitor (that's the standard size for laptops and most non-stupidly-huge desktop monitors).

    Statement of Purpose 2008

  • "That looks like the 1900 census," Kahle said as he peered over one staffer's shoulder at a screenful of handwritten documents.

    A field trip to the Internet Archive 2010

  • You will still have access to all the postings, you will just have fewer presented per page (screenful, or download).

    Trimming Threads 2007

  • As a crippled, nearly flightless bird, you have to collect a screenful of black and yellow chicks and bring them to the exit without getting eaten by the two cats.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • You will still have access to all the postings, you will just have fewer presented per page (screenful, or download).

    Trimming Threads 2007

  • It's a screenful of chaos but from PBS: Newshour: Weekly Poem: 'TV, Evening News'

    Archive 2009-12-01 Rus Bowden 2009

  • Erm, I tried the "six-line blog" code, and it fails with a screenful of compiler errors, mostly db related; so it's a six-line blog program iff you've already set up a database of blog entries?

    Harry Potter saves computer science? 2007

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