Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down119
arrow-up1251arrow-down1message-squareCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square67fedilink
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minus-squareUndearius@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·4 months agoPortable Handheld Omnidirectional Networking Equipment is also pretty long, we could probably shorten it.
minus-squaredarkstar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoWe could make that an acronym!
minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoMaybe since you can do your entire Job on it we can call it a hand Job Or perhaps since we have it in our face all day we can call it a facial. Or since we watch so much porn on it we can call it a video player.
minus-squaregdog05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months ago🎵Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me…🎵
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoIronically the Brits got this right with “mobiles”. What’s the key characteristic of a cellphone? That it is portable and mobile.
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoNot if c/fuckcars gets their way.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoIs the term “Pocket PC” still trademarked? Let’s start calling them that.
minus-squareTheTetrapod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoTo pull terms from a couple different sci-fi book series I like, we could go for Hand Terminals or Scribs. I like both, the former when I’m being grandiose and the latter when I’m feeling cute.
minus-squareAlexisFR@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoDidn’t we had Personal Digital Assistant before?
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Portable Handheld Omnidirectional Networking Equipment is also pretty long, we could probably shorten it.
This guy phones.
We could make that an acronym!
Maybe since you can do your entire Job on it we can call it a hand Job
Or perhaps since we have it in our face all day we can call it a facial.
Or since we watch so much porn on it we can call it a video player.
Germans call it a handy.
PSPC w/ TRC lol
🎵Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me…🎵
Ironically the Brits got this right with “mobiles”. What’s the key characteristic of a cellphone? That it is portable and mobile.
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Not if c/fuckcars gets their way.
Is the term “Pocket PC” still trademarked? Let’s start calling them that.
To pull terms from a couple different sci-fi book series I like, we could go for Hand Terminals or Scribs. I like both, the former when I’m being grandiose and the latter when I’m feeling cute.
Didn’t we had Personal Digital Assistant before?
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