@starsandrobots "Tracking Device that happens to make phone calls" "drone magnet" and "bug" are my top three.
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@ioerror drone magnet is pretty good -
@starsandrobots@ioerror "magnet" by itself could actually catch on. We'd know what it was short for.
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@starsandrobots Why is it an anachronism? -
@thairu term does not reflect predominant use — telephony as skeumorph
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@carnivillain a pocket square is already a defined noun! also, never seen a square form factor..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots What kind of phones? POTS or the intrusive pocket computer app with terrible audio? -
@rrmutt the latter. The first is a phone ;)
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@starsandrobots@kragen How about "tracker?"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots@ioerror I'd prefer black box. It tracks everything AND we have no real idea what goes on inside if it isn't open.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots I'm told they were "handy" in central Europe in early 90s. I always thought it made more sense than "phone", even then.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots "portable computing device" is my chosen moniker (less elegant, more descriptive. Also a mouthful, I know.)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots Bug is good and ironic. But what if you're the one tapping phones?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots Some places have always called them 'mobiles'. That works.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots@ioerror a lot of people are instinctively calling them "computers".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Translated RT “
@starsandrobots: 最近、「携帯電話」のより相応しい呼び方について語り合った。ある人は「ハンディー」、またある人は「四角」と提案した。自分は「NSA支給盗聴器」が妥当じゃないかと。"#TPP反対#wakeUpJapanThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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