Discman

discman English Etymology A trademark from en disc man, modelled on the earlier Walkman. Proper noun A Sony portable personal compact disc player product line Derived terms discman genericization Noun + Discmen en discman. 27 October 1999 w:Mary McNamara She Who Tunes the Radio Rules the Drive https://web.archive.org/web/20250924082648/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-27-cl-26568-story.html And the car has always been the arena for the best battles because controlling the dial resulted in complete aural dominance: If you chose Aerosmith, everyone had to listen to Aerosmith. This is why today, when every member of the family could be plugged in, Jetson-like, to individual Discmen, they often are not. 25 September 2012 Joey Faulkner MiniDisc, the forgotten format https://web.archive.org/web/20131105083539/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/sep/24/sony-minidisc-20-years But it took a decade to make any impression on the mainstream – people stuck with cassettes for recording, and Walkmen and Discmen for portability – and almost as soon as it did, it was killed by the MP3 player. 11 April 2018 Jonah Engel Bromwich How to Stay on Top of Breaking News https://web.archive.org/web/20180411232423/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/technology/personaltech/how-to-stay-on-top-of-breaking-news.html I use Sennheiser headphones when I want to listen to music closely, and those little Sony over-ear headphones (the ones that came with Discmen) for listening to music on the go. Usage notes This term is sometimes taken to refer specifically to the product named Discman, rather than generically to any similar product. In generic use, sometimes not capitalized: discman. Related terms walkman en genericized trademarks