Blipvert

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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