TiVo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From TiVo, a specific digital video recorder introduced in 1999.

Noun[edit]

TiVo (plural TiVos)

  1. (television) A digital video recorder (of any brand).
    • 2008 January–February, Matt Bean, “Your cultural calendar: 7 things to look forward to this year”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134:
      Lost, season 4, begins in early February, after one of the most thrilling season enders in a decade of television: […] Set your TiVo.

Verb[edit]

TiVo (third-person singular simple present TiVos, present participle TiVoing, simple past and past participle TiVoed)

  1. Alternative form of tivo
    • 2007, David Zinczenko, Men, Love & Sex: The Complete User's Guide for Women, Rodale, →ISBN, page 56:
      Most of us keep our lips buttoned and our conversations shorter than a prizefighter's temper. It's not because we didn't hear what you said, and it's not because we're too tired, and it's not because we're too busy TiVoing the 2009 fall TV lineup.

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