Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blinkenlights

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blinken-lights
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of blinkenlight

noun

The flashing lights on an electronic device such as a modem, router, or network hub (originally the front-panel lights on old computers).

Slang

Example Sentences

"The back of the NIRT truck was crowded with consoles and flashing panels of blinkenlights, battered laptops plastered with security inventory stickers..."
"I am talking about — of course — LED blinkenlights, the usually-blue glowing pimples that pepper routers, speakers, computers and even USB hubs."
"Through a friend at hswaw [Warsaw Hackerspace], I have obtained a launchpad mini while working on this project (thanks drozdziak1!). ar jokingly suggested that I should velcro it to the [computer's] case and use it as blinklichter, and.. that was too good of an idea not to."

Etymology

Pseudo-Germanism from blink and lights; see the Wikipedia article for history.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

blinkenlichten (alternative) blinklichter (alternative) blinkenlight (singular)

Questions

What does blinkenlights mean?: plural of blinkenlight
Where does blinkenlights come from?: Pseudo-Germanism from blink and lights; see the Wikipedia article for history.

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