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AirDrop en · PROPN

Etymology

By the analogy of an airdrop, in which items are delivered by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.

Meanings

1. A wireless service of Apple Inc. which can transfer files among supported Macintosh computers and iOS devices by means of close-range wireless communication.

Relateds

Bluetooth

AirDrop en · VERB

Etymology

By the analogy of an airdrop, in which items are delivered by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.

Meanings

1. (ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer a file using AirDrop.
   • “Another day another group of french^([sic]) teens trying to AirDrop me memes on the subway,” one woman tweeted. “In a crowd of teens and they keep trying to AirDrop me memes!!!” said another. One young Twitter user joked that she was going to a music festival last weekend “just to AirDrop.” 2019 June 5, Taylor Lorenz, “When Grown-Ups Get Caught in Teens’ AirDrop Crossfire”, in The Atlantic:
   • Cyber-flashing is not experienced as a less harmful or less damaging behaviour just because it happens digitally rather than on the street. […] For those who have been AirDropped in a public place, there is not even the comfort of knowing for certain who is guilty. 2023 April 19, Sophie Gallagher, “Cyber-flashing is just as damaging as the ‘real world’ equivalent. When will the law catch up?”, in The Guardian:

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