Blipvert
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"The blipvert condenses 30 seconds of advertising to 3 seconds in order to prevent viewers from switching channels during an advertisement."
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.
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