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lappy

n. a laptop computer. Subjects: ,
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Citations: 1992 [eh1s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edwin Huang)] Usenet: comp.sys.laptops (July 15) “Re: More advice about the Powerbook 100”: Well my PC-laptop system cost admittedly $1400…but I can do serious graphics. Have unix. Install an Xclient and run my lappy top off of SLIP. 1999 Robert Gebeloff Record (N.J.) (June 14) “Lure Of Laptops Too Great For Some To Resist” p. H9: I love my laptop. I’ve even given him a name: Lappy. 2001 Steve Price Townsville Bulletin (20) (Nov. 15) “Seize magic moments”: This is a Dutch design lappy and I can’t find the question mark or the delete bu… oops found the delete. How long will it be before we all use laptops on the plane, the bus, the taxi, the bicycle or while we’re walking up Castle Hill? 2002 NonProphet (Apr. 14) “Buying Used Computers—Addendum”: After all the kvetching (I don’t know how to spell in Yiddish), this schmuck managed to turn a used lappy into a killer computing machine.
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OMG I hate that pseudo-word. It it supposed to be cute? Clever? Geek-chic?

Same number of syllables - just say “laptop”.

by Xenedar 29 Sep 06, 0944 GMT
The first (and pretty much only) time I’ve seen this used is on the sbemail menu of www.homestarrunner.com .
by andrew 20 Dec 06, 1210 GMT
Thankyou guys, i was only being a little silly, which is what the column is all about. Never cute, certainly not clever, and with a face like mine , not chic. Thanks heaps and happy days…it had nothing to do with a lap dancer, sadly.
by steve price 01 Feb 07, 0931 GMT

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