macquarium
/ˌmækˈkwɛɚ.i.jəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An aquarium (fish tank) constructed using the case of a defunct Macintosh personal computer.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Macquarium.
Example Sentences
- "Matt’s MacQuarium page could glue you to the screen, especially if you’re avoiding an odius^([sic]) chore. […] The MacInTouch Home Page and EvangeList are the most useful, but my favorite is Matt’s MacQuarium Page. Turning my old Mac SE into a fish tank has always seemed like a neat idea."
- "Perhaps his [Andy Ihnatko’s] greatest accomplishment is his 60-page manual on the building of a MacQuarium, a functioning 2.5-gallon fish tank made from a converted classic Mac."
- "Then he [Andy Ihnatko] produced detailed instructions so that others could create “The Original MacQuarium.” Immediately upon reading these instructions, Ihnatko’s girlfriend announced, “This is what you’ve been working on for the past two months!”, and dumped him. [Terry] Spicknell, who teaches music at Edward Hand Middle School, says his wife recently had a similar reaction after hearing that he might continue making MacQuariums based on Ihnatko’s instructions. […] Spicknell has turned seven old Mac computers into MacQuariums. […] There are few things on this earth that are funnier than a MacQuarium."
- "You may want to join the MacQuarium movement, launched in 1992 by Andy Ihnatko, a columnist for the defunct MacUser magazine. […] Now there are MacQuariums everywhere!"
- "The last time I bought something on EBay,^([sic]) it was the old Macintosh I turned into a MacQuarium."
- "Trusty old Mac computers never die, they morph — into MacQuariums."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Scottish Gaelic mac Scottish Gaelic an Proto-Celtic *to- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus Proto-Celtic *wissus Proto-Celtic *towissus Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos Proto-Celtic *-ākos Proto-Celtic *towissākos Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci) Old Irish toísech Scottish Gaelic tòisiche Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche English McIntosh English Macintosh English Mac Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin aquāriumbor. English aquarium blend English Macquarium Blend of Mac + aquarium, coined by computer writer and Macquarium creator Andy Ihnatko (originally as a joke regarding the approaching obsolescence of early Compact Macintosh models).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmækˈkwɛɚ.i.jəm/