scramblevision
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of scramble + television
Noun
[edit]scramblevision (uncountable)
- (colloquial) pay-per-view television watched without a descrambler, so that the picture is distorted or missing
- 2005, Eric Christensen, Win It for ....: What a World Championship Means to Generations of Red Sox Fans:
- He didn't join me when I went into the other room at age 11 to watch Roger Clemens' first 20 K game on scramblevision, but he was definitely one of the first ones I told of the result.
References
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