fondleslab

plural fondleslabs

1. UKslangA 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.

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   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 January 28, Team Register, “Next from Apple: The Pocket iPad. Fondle-slab to be miniaturised, gain killer voice app”, in The Register, retrieved 14 Sep 2013

   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.

   2010 December 28, Team Register, “Ubuntu tablet rumored for early 2011 launch: Another OS to enter fondleslab fray?”, in The Register, retrieved 16 Sep 2013

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

   2011 October 12, Peter Groves, “Fondleslab”, in Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law, retrieved 16 Sep 2013

   Fondleslab Selfie

   2013 August 20, Matt Jones, “Fondleslab Selfie”, in Magical Nihilism, retrieved 16 Sep 2013