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Discman

name

Etymology

A trademark from disc + man, modelled on the earlier Walkman.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as discman — “disc + man”

Definitions

  1. A Sony portable personal compact disc player product line

  2. Alternative letter-case form of discman.

    • But it took a decade to make any impression on the mainstream – people stuck with cassettes for recording, and Walkmen and Discmen for portability – and almost as soon as it did, it was killed by the MP3 player.
    • I use Sennheiser headphones when I want to listen to music closely, and those little Sony over-ear headphones (the ones that came with Discmen) for listening to music on the go.

  3. A portable personal compact disc player with headphones.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA