Etymology

hypertap

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The story

From hyper- + tap. First attested in 2010, but in common usage only as of 2018. Coined by adult Tetris players to describe a technique used by Thor Aackerlund in a 1990 tournament.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.