fondleslab

English

Etymology

fondle +‎ slab, introduced by the IT news site The Register.

Noun

fondleslab (plural fondleslabs)

1. (British, slang) A large, portable touchscreen device, particularly a tablet computer.

   Seagate wants to get the UM HDD into Android-powered fondleslabs pronto, though the drive would be just at home in Ultrabooks and other skinny laptops.

   • 2010 January 28, Team Register, “Next from Apple: The Pocket iPad. Fondle-slab to be miniaturised, gain killer voice app”, in The Register‎^[1], retrieved 2013-09-14:

     Fondle-slab to be miniaturised, gain killer voice app ... Our secret reader poll in past weeks suggested that the likeliest names for the iPad would be the Fondle-Slab™ or iStroke™. In the event those predictions turned out to be wrong, but we feel that Steve Jobs may not overlook such marketing gold in future. It seems a racing cert that legions of Apple fans will enjoy full satisfaction from their fondle-slabs and pocket stroker devices for many years to come. ®

   • 2010 December 28, Team Register, “Ubuntu tablet rumored for early 2011 launch: Another OS to enter fondleslab fray?”, in The Register‎^[2], retrieved 2013-09-16:

     What with Apple's iOS leading the tablet pack and a herd of Android-based fondleslabs poised to enter the market, it's enticing to read of an Ubuntu-based tablet that's rumored to hit the market in early 2011.

   • 2011 October 12, Peter Groves, “Fondleslab”, in Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law‎^[3], retrieved 2013-09-16:

     Fondleslab A touchscreen device, particularly a tablet computer, to which its owner appears unnaturally attached.

   • 2013 August 20, Matt Jones, “Fondleslab Selfie”, in Magical Nihilism‎^[4], retrieved 2013-09-16:

     Fondleslab Selfie