Scramblevision

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    pay-per-view television watched without a descrambler, so that the picture is distorted or missing colloquial, uncountable

    "He didn't join me when I went into the other room at age 11 to watch Roger Clemens' first 20 K game on scramblevision, but he was definitely one of the first ones I told of the result."

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"He didn't join me when I went into the other room at age 11 to watch Roger Clemens' first 20 K game on scramblevision, but he was definitely one of the first ones I told of the result."

Etymology

Blend of scramble + television.

Related phrases

pay per view

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