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VIDEOPHILIA [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

The compulsive desire to be on television, video, film, etc.

CONT

The people behind "Yearbook" also got permission from the parents of the students they monitored. That, however, hardly absolves them of using the teen-agers' natural videophilia in ways that could haunt them in later life. Why would a 17-year-old girl announce to America that she's and unwed mother? "Because these kids watch so much television", responds "Yearbook" coexecutive producer Charles Bangert, "things that might bother our generation don't bother them at all. They're much more open about their lives".

OBS

formation procedure: "videophilia" is a derivation. The suffix "-philia" has been added to the already existing word "video" to form a new word.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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