Nintendon.

Brit.

/nɪnˈtɛndəʊ/, U.S.

/nɪnˈtɛndoʊ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nintendo.

Etymology: < the name of the Nintendo Co. Ltd., (formerly Yamauchi Nintendo & Co., founded 1889), Japanese manufacturers originally of handmade Japanese playing cards and later of computer games and consoles, ultimately < nin- responsibility + tendō paradise, both < Middle Chinese.

A proprietary name for: a range of computer games played on a games console; (also) the console itself.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > electronic games > specific

pong1976

Space Invaders1979

Pac-Man1981

Nintendo1987

Game Boy1989

1977 Business Week 26 Dec. 44 i/1 ‘People don't want to spend that much for games,’ says a spokesman for Nintendo Co., a Kyoto-based toy maker. Nintendo plans to market a much less expensive Japanese unit next year.]

1987 Advertising Age 7 Dec. 78/3 Merchants said the season's best sellers are: Raggedy Ann, Barbie dolls, toy trains, remote-control cars and Nintendo, a high-tech TV game.

1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. vi. 4/1 Ok, so your proposal is sold and you are goofy with delight. You are breaking out the champagne, calling up friends and buying the kids a Nintendo with the first part of your advance.

2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 10 May Country walks at the weekend, a short walk to and from school each day but two or three hours of TV a night and time playing Nintendo.

Compounds

Nintendo generation n. a generation whose knowledge and world view are influenced by being brought up on computer and video games.

ΚΠ

1989 Boston Globe (Nexis) 12 Sept. 63 Each bows deeply to the Nintendo generation by tagging its players with comic-book nicknames.

1991 Toronto Star (Nexis) 27 Jan. d1 This is the Nintendo generation, remember; this war is just like what they've been seeing on their computer game screens.

1998 D. Carlson & M. Apple Power, Knowledge, Pedagogy 85 Today's teachers are faced with the problem of being the television generation attempting to teach the Nintendo generation.

2003 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Feb. 14 Western society may have become more violent..yet at the same time the Nintendo generation, the one which would go to war, has become less disposed to the real thing.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nintendo
释义	Nintendon. Brit. /nɪnˈtɛndəʊ/, U.S. /nɪnˈtɛndoʊ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nintendo. Etymology: < the name of the Nintendo Co. Ltd., (formerly Yamauchi Nintendo & Co., founded 1889), Japanese manufacturers originally of handmade Japanese playing cards and later of computer games and consoles, ultimately < nin- responsibility + tendō paradise, both < Middle Chinese. A proprietary name for: a range of computer games played on a games console; (also) the console itself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > electronic games > specific pong1976 Space Invaders1979 Pac-Man1981 Nintendo1987 Game Boy1989 1977 Business Week 26 Dec. 44 i/1 ‘People don't want to spend that much for games,’ says a spokesman for Nintendo Co., a Kyoto-based toy maker. Nintendo plans to market a much less expensive Japanese unit next year.] 1987 Advertising Age 7 Dec. 78/3 Merchants said the season's best sellers are: Raggedy Ann, Barbie dolls, toy trains, remote-control cars and Nintendo, a high-tech TV game. 1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. vi. 4/1 Ok, so your proposal is sold and you are goofy with delight. You are breaking out the champagne, calling up friends and buying the kids a Nintendo with the first part of your advance. 2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 10 May Country walks at the weekend, a short walk to and from school each day but two or three hours of TV a night and time playing Nintendo. Compounds Nintendo generation n. a generation whose knowledge and world view are influenced by being brought up on computer and video games. ΚΠ 1989 Boston Globe (Nexis) 12 Sept. 63 Each bows deeply to the Nintendo generation by tagging its players with comic-book nicknames. 1991 Toronto Star (Nexis) 27 Jan. d1 This is the Nintendo generation, remember; this war is just like what they've been seeing on their computer game screens. 1998 D. Carlson & M. Apple Power, Knowledge, Pedagogy 85 Today's teachers are faced with the problem of being the television generation attempting to teach the Nintendo generation. 2003 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Feb. 14 Western society may have become more violent..yet at the same time the Nintendo generation, the one which would go to war, has become less disposed to the real thing. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1987
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