Fondleslab

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large, portable touchscreen device, particularly a tablet computer. British, slang

    "Seagate wants to get the UM HDD into Android-powered fondleslabs pronto, though the drive would be just at home in Ultrabooks and other skinny laptops."

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"Seagate wants to get the UM HDD into Android-powered fondleslabs pronto, though the drive would be just at home in Ultrabooks and other skinny laptops."

Etymology

From fondle + slab, introduced by the IT news site The Register.

Related phrases

tablet computer

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