Re: Telestrate
Posted by TheFallen on March 27, 2003 In Reply to: Telestrate
posted by S. on March 27, 2003
: Does any one know the meaning
of the word "telestrate"? I think it might be some kind of portmanteau.
: Thanks
in advance for any information.
It's a hideous word, isn't it? I only know it
as a verb and have heard it used by those masters of word mutilation at Microsoft,
amongst others. It's a recent coinage to do with overlaying graphics onto video,
usually in the course of a presentation, or maybe, if you have interactive TV,
if you call up facts about the programme that you are currently watching which
then overlay the screen. The provenance is fairly depressingly clear - tele as
in "television" (a leap of faith from the original Gr**k "distant") and strate
as in L*tin "layer".
- Re: Telestrate Brian from Shawnee
03/27/03 (4)
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