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blipvert

noun

Etymology

Blend of blip + advert; coined in the film Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985), in which they caused the nervous systems of certain viewers to overload.

  1. derived from advertere
  2. derived from advertir
  3. derived from adverten
  4. compounded as blipvert — “blip + advert”

Definitions

  1. A subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement displayed for a very short time.

    • The blipvert condenses 30 seconds of advertising to 3 seconds in order to prevent viewers from switching channels during an advertisement.
    • The result was the passing of laws forbidding the use of such "blipvert" advertising, but rumors of its insidious presence abounded.
    • As with television, on the web a user is required to see the blipvert before moving onto their intended destination, unlike banner ads...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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