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sosumi

sosumi noun: an alert chime sampled from a xylophone, used by Apple Inc. computers.

Noun

sosumi (uncountable)

  1. An alert chime sampled from a xylophone, used by Apple Inc. computers.

Origin of sosumi

Coined by Apple employee Jim Reekes in 1991, as a faux-Japanese word, that in fact was a phonetic rendering of so sue me, in reference to an ongoing lawsuit with Apple Corps over use of musical chimes.

Questions about sosumi

What does sosumi mean?
Sosumi means an alert chime sampled from a xylophone, used by Apple Inc. computers.
What part of speech is sosumi?
Sosumi is a noun.

Words near sosumi in the dictionary

  1. Sostratus
  2. Sostre
  3. Sostres
  4. sostrum
  5. sosumba
  6. sosumi
  7. sot
  8. sot-weed
  9. SOTA
  10. Sotadean
  11. sotadic

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