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Blend of blip + advert; coined in the film Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985), in which they caused the nervous systems of certain viewers to overload.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement displayed for a very short time. Full definition →
Blend of blip + advert; coined in the film Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985), in which they caused the nervous systems of certain viewers to overload.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.