roentgenizdat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Improvised gramophone recordings made from X-ray film, used to smuggle prohibited music into the Soviet Union.

Word forms

roentgenizdat

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рентгенизда́т (rentgenizdát).

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