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Macquarium

noun
/ˌmækˈkwɛɚ.i.jəm/US

Etymology

Blend of Mac + aquarium, coined by computer writer and Macquarium creator Andy Ihnatko (originally as a joke regarding the approaching obsolescence of early Compact Macintosh models).

  1. borrowed from aquārium
  2. compounded as macquarium — “Mac + aquarium”

Definitions

  1. An aquarium (fish tank) constructed using the case of a defunct Macintosh personal…

    An aquarium (fish tank) constructed using the case of a defunct Macintosh personal computer.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Macquarium.

    • Perhaps his [Andy Ihnatko’s] greatest accomplishment is his 60-page manual on the building of a MacQuarium, a functioning 2.5-gallon fish tank made from a converted classic Mac.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Macquarium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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