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scrolltext

scrolltext noun: text displayed in an animated scrolling message, common in early demos.

Noun

scrolltext (countable and uncountable, plural scrolltexts)

  1. Text displayed in an animated scrolling message, common in early demos.
    • His music is as mainstream as it could ever be (listen to Bruno - now that's a musician!) and his poor ego really shone through in the scrolltexts in "crystal sym.".1992, Mats Anders Knip, “Phenomena egos??”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet)
    • For scrolltexts, real classic to start with is "Why didn't you greet us then?", which you can always follow up with "Are you lot too good to be seen greeting us?".1994, PB_email, “PB Online <106>”, in alt.cyberpunk.movement (Usenet)

Forms of scrolltext

pluralscrolltexts

Origin of scrolltext

From scroll + text.

Questions about scrolltext

What does scrolltext mean?
Scrolltext means text displayed in an animated scrolling message, common in early demos.
What part of speech is scrolltext?
Scrolltext is a noun.
What is the plural of scrolltext?
The plural of scrolltext is scrolltexts.

Words near scrolltext in the dictionary

  1. scrolljacking
  2. scrolloping
  3. scrolls
  4. scrollsaw
  5. scrollsaws
  6. scrolltext
  7. scrolltexts
  8. scrollwheel
  9. scrollwheels
  10. scrollwise
  11. scrollwork

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