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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLIPVERT

From blip + (ad)vert.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BLIPVERT

blipvert  [ˈblɪpˌvɜːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLIPVERT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blipvert is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLIPVERT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Blipvert

A blipvert is a very brief television advertisement, that lasts just one or several seconds. The term "blipvert" was coined by George Stone. The word is a portmanteau of blip, a brief sound, and advert, the British abbreviation for advertisement. The term and concept were popularized in the 1985 film Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future and the first episode of the 1987 science fiction television show Max Headroom. In the film and TV show, "blipverts" were a new high-speed, concentrated, high-intensity television commercials lasting about three seconds. Their purpose was to prevent channel-switching during standard-length commercials.

Definition of blipvert in the English dictionary

The definition of blipvert in the dictionary is a very short television advertisement.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLIPVERT


advert
ˈædvɜːt
ambivert
ˈæmbɪˌvɜːt
antevert
ˌæntɪˈvɜːt
avert
əˈvɜːt
controvert
ˈkɒntrəˌvɜːt
convert
kənˈvɜːt
divert
daɪˈvɜːt
evert
ɪˈvɜːt
extravert
ˈɛkstrəˌvɜːt
extrovert
ˈɛkstrəˌvɜːt
introvert
ˈɪntrəˌvɜːt
invert
ɪnˈvɜːt
overt
ˈəʊvɜːt
pervert
pəˈvɜːt
reconvert
ˌriːkənˈvɜːt
revert
rɪˈvɜːt
subvert
səbˈvɜːt
terre-verte
ˈtɛəˌvɜːt
vert
vɜːt
vetivert
ˈvetɪˌvɜːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLIPVERT

blinkered
blinkers
blinking
blinks
blintz
blintze
bliny
blip
blipped
blipping
bliss
blissful
blissful ignorance
blissfully
blissfulness
blissless
blister
blister beetle
blister copper
blister pack

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLIPVERT

animadvert
Calvert
couvert
covert
culvert
discovert
feme covert
gladvert
j´ouvert
Kilvert
millisievert
obvert
retrovert
seroconvert
sievert
tail covert
taivert
undercovert
unpervert
wing covert

Synonyms and antonyms of blipvert in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blipvert» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLIPVERT

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The translations of blipvert from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blipvert» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

blipvert
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blipvert
570 millions of speakers

English

blipvert
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

blipvert
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

blipvert
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

blipvert
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blipvert
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

blipvert
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Blipvert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blipvert
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blipvert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

blipvert
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

blipvert
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blipvert
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

blipvert
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

blipvert
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्लिपवर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

blipvert
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blipvert
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blipvert
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

blipvert
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blipvert
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

blipvert
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blipvert
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blipvert
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blipvert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blipvert

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLIPVERT»

The term «blipvert» is used very little and occupies the 175.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLIPVERT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blipvert

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLIPVERT»

Discover the use of blipvert in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blipvert and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tech-noir Film: A Theory of the Development of Popular Genres
When television station director Mr. Grossman (Nickolas Grace) consults “top man” Bryce Lynch (Paul Spurrier), the adolescent computer genius who designed the blipvert, on the matter, Lynch suggests that they (a) not tell anyone about the ...
Emily E. Auger, 2011
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Video Icons & Values
In both versions of "Max Headroom," Carter discovers during a routine story investigation that Network 23 has been experimenting with a new form of advertisement called a "Blipvert" invented by the corporation's boy genius Bryce Lynch at the ...
Alan M. Olson, Christopher Parr, Debra Parr, 1991
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Television at the Movies: Cinematic and Critical Responses ...
The great innovation in Max Headroom is the “blipvert,” which represents the ultimate triumph of the sponsor without the messy mediation of programming, the subliminal condensation of hundreds of commercials into a single instant. Beyond ...
Jon Nelson Wagner, Tracy Biga MacLean, 2008
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ADVERTISING HANDBOOK
The campaign had been led by creatives Serge Pennings and Steve Clarke, whose 'blipvert' film was to be seen during the advertisements shown before the movie Sex and the City – a film, again, aimed directly at the female consumer.
Helen Powell, Jonathan Hardy, Sarah Hawkin, 2013
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Neutrino Drag
“We've got to stop the dissemination of the blipvert first,” Strine said. “Then we can try to nab Fewsmith.” “Blipvert?” “Sure, that's what these things are. Don't you remember Max Headroom?” “Max whosis?” Strine narrowed hiseyes fora moment ...
Paul Di Filippo, 2014
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Online Video Revolution: How to Reinvent and Market Your ...
The CBS television network reported in 2004 that a blipvert effect occurs when moving through advertising commercials in fast-forward mode, and this blipvert effect can increase viewers' recall of the advertiser's message. General Electric ...
John Cecil, 2012
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Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design Since the ...
5 A blipvert is the equivalent of trie interstitial advertising 'stings' used in television to bumper between a programme and the adverts. They tend to be animated and to appear briefly; they may include audio. As wilh television, on the web a user ...
Rick Poynor, 2004
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Tourism Analysis
Thus, at WDW visitors are niled by the blipvert—that is, by “advertisements so short as to be sublimal” (p. 307)—as they are increasingly nowadays being guided elsewhere in the West's postmodem moods and moments. It is through ...
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The Subgenius Psychlopaedia of Slack: The Bobliographon
But competition was so fierce that eventually one of them tried injecting a tiny non -sequitor into their blipvert. And it sold stuff, because even Normals bash their little wings off against the glass of the porch light known as abnormality.
Ivan Stang, 2006
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Seeing Through the Eighties: Television and Reaganism
The next week and in subsequent episodes, the very blipvert for the Zigzag Corporation that was the subject of Tv journalist Edison Carter's triumphant crusade and the impetus for Max's creation will be incorporated into the front credits for the ...
Jane Feuer, 1995

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLIPVERT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blipvert is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time by Roberto …
blipvert Augasm. 6 Feb 2015 8:20. 3 4. Time is the thing that stops everything from happening at once. Reply | Pick. Report · sean quinn blipvert. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Super Bowl: The ads designed for TV junkies
Miller High Life's Blipvert during Super Bowl XLIII wasn't the first, but it was the first time when the strategy was deployed during the Super Bowl, ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
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The coming of the blipvert: Ofcom allows radio stations to advertise …
This could be in the form of a blipvert - an offer of a music download, normally lasting ten seconds, just after the song has been played. «Daily Mail, Jun 09»

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