"Alan" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <mirsky-83B536.20501331012008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Mirsky <mirsky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>Hi. I have a friend who recently purchased a 26" Polaroid HDTV
>>from
>>Circuit City. He also bought a digital antenna there that he
>>hooked up
>>to the television. Unfortunately, he has found that the
>>picture of the
>>tv stations often 'pixelates.' I am not sure if 'pixelate' is
>>the
>>proper term.
>
> Acually, macroblock is a better term, though pixelate is
> frequently
> misused for it.
>
And there was already, and still is, a good English word for the
behavior - "pixilated," adj: Naughtily or annoyingly playful;
exhibiting eccentric behavior. (N.B. spelt with either one "L"
or two;) Ah, we just love to invent new words. When George
Carlin first burst on to the scene, there were only 400,000
English words, of which seven might have been considered . . .
pixilated. Now, there may be close to a million E-words
http://www.languagemonitor.com/wst_page7.html,
and there's nary
a one of George's seven not to be heard on TV ;-0)
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