English Explanatory Dictionary

blipvert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement displayed for a very short time.

Word forms

blipvert blipverts

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.

Related words

cognitohazard
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