Etymology

vworp

V4W4O1R1P3

Today it means: Representing the sound made by teleporting or dematerialising/rematerialising. Full definition →

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The story

Imitative of the sound made by the TARDIS in Doctor Who (originally produced by sound technician Brian Hodgson by electronically modifying a recording of a key scraping along a piano string).

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