Walkman
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See also: walkman
Etymology
A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists.
Proper noun
Walkman
- A Sony portable personal compact cassette player product line.
- 1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 4:
- He places the Walkman in the case alongside a Panasonic wallet-size cordless portable finding Easa-phone (he used to own the NEC 9000 Porta portable) and pulls out today’s newspaper.
- A Sony brand for personal portable audio media players.
- 1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Chapter 1, at page 5 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition):
- Outside the toilets school parties from France and Germany stood in stiff groups photographing themselves. They talked loudly without removing their Walkmans. Their headsets sizzled and tished.
- 1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Chapter 1, at page 5 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition):
- (derogatory) A street urchin.
Derived terms
Noun
Walkman (plural Walkmans)
- Alternative letter-case form of walkman
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