blipvert

/ ˈblɪpˌvɜːt /

noun

1. a very short television advertisement

Word History and Origins

Origin of blipvert¹

C20: from blip + ( ad ) vert

Example Sentences

Channel 23, where he works, has developed something called the blipvert, which compresses 30 seconds of commercial content into three seconds before anyone has the chance to change the channel.

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Indeed, when he discovers the blipvert’s effects, he is more excited by his journalistic scoop than horrified by the monstrous crime.

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In place of the blipvert as a sinister conduit for commercial projects, we face a firehose of disinformation meant to pave the way for the ugliest politics imaginable.

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The show was a stark and depressing portrayal of loneliness, captured in the blipvert victims’ relationships with their television screens.

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Trumpism, in this context, seems premised on the weaponization of information overload—call it the blipvert presidency.

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