Walkman
See also: walkman
English edit
Etymology edit
A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists.
Proper noun edit
Walkman
- A Sony portable personal compact cassette player product line
- A Sony brand for personal portable audio media players
- 1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Chapter 1, at page 5 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition):
- Outside the toilets school parties from France and Germany stood in stiff groups photographing themselves. They talked loudly without removing their Walkmans. Their headsets sizzled and tished.
- 1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Chapter 1, at page 5 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition):
- (derogatory) A street urchin.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
Walkman (plural Walkmans)
- Alternative letter-case form of walkman