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tapespondent

noun

Etymology

Blend of tape + correspondent.

  1. derived from correspondēns
  2. compounded as tapespondent — “tape + correspondent”

Definitions

  1. A sort of penfriend who communicated by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the…

    A sort of penfriend who communicated by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the post.

    • The average is probably around three or four, but some tapespondents have more than fifty contacts.
    • So, while some tapespondents wrap their tapes in aluminum foil […]
    • I remember a few particularly valued tapespondents: Don from Riverside, California; Louis from Miami, Florida […]

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No curated loop yet for tapespondent. 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