Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vertical video syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: ver-ti-cal video syn-drome
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A (notional) disease which afflicts the user with the inability to record a video on their phone except in a vertical orientation.

Derogatory; Humorous; Uncountable

Etymology

Named as thought it were a disease, as vertical videos are often considered unpleasing due to resulting in thick black side-bars when viewed on a horizontal display.

Usage

Questions

What does vertical video syndrome mean?: A (notional) disease which afflicts the user with the inability to record a video on their phone except in a vertical orientation.
Where does vertical video syndrome come from?: Named as thought it were a disease, as vertical videos are often considered unpleasing due to resulting in thick black side-bars when viewed on a horizontal display.

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