New Word Thursday: 'Islelings'
Islelings [ile-lings]
noun
1. The rubber left over on (for instance) a table after erasing something with a standard rubber eraser, which has somehow found its way onto a photocopier or scanner. This results in a irregular ink pattern that resembles an island viewed from space.
''The quality of this brochure is terrible; it has been covered in islelings, and the color is all wrong."
ORIGIN Modern English : Derived from 'Isle' ('isle'), a singular island or peninsula (esp. small); and 'ling' ('lings'), any number of long-bodied edible marine fishes.
noun
1. The rubber left over on (for instance) a table after erasing something with a standard rubber eraser, which has somehow found its way onto a photocopier or scanner. This results in a irregular ink pattern that resembles an island viewed from space.
''The quality of this brochure is terrible; it has been covered in islelings, and the color is all wrong."
ORIGIN Modern English : Derived from 'Isle' ('isle'), a singular island or peninsula (esp. small); and 'ling' ('lings'), any number of long-bodied edible marine fishes.
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