discman
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative letter-case form of discman.
noun
A portable personal compact disc player with headphones.
Example Sentences
- "And the car has always been the arena for the best battles because controlling the dial resulted in complete aural dominance: If you chose Aerosmith, everyone had to listen to Aerosmith. This is why today, when every member of the family could be plugged in, Jetson-like, to individual Discmen, they often are not."
- "But it took a decade to make any impression on the mainstream – people stuck with cassettes for recording, and Walkmen and Discmen for portability – and almost as soon as it did, it was killed by the MP3 player."
- "I use Sennheiser headphones when I want to listen to music closely, and those little Sony over-ear headphones (the ones that came with Discmen) for listening to music on the go."