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blipvert

blipvert noun: a subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement displayed for a very short time.

Noun

blipvert (plural blipverts)

  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.1991, Alan M Olson, Christopher Parr, Debra Parr, Video Icons and Values
    • The result was the passing of laws forbidding the use of such "blipvert" advertising, but rumors of its insidious presence abounded.2003, Andy Fyfe, When the Levee Breaks: The Making of Led Zeppelin IV

Forms of blipvert

pluralblipverts

Origin of blipvert

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.

Questions about blipvert

What does blipvert mean?
Blipvert means a subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement displayed for a very short time.
What part of speech is blipvert?
Blipvert is a noun.
What is the plural of blipvert?
The plural of blipvert is blipverts.

Words near blipvert in the dictionary

  1. blippy
  2. blips
  3. blips out
  4. blipster
  5. blipsters
  6. blipvert
  7. blipverts
  8. blirt
  9. blirts
  10. blirty
  11. BLIS

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