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BlackBerry en · NOUN

Etymology

Brand name, from the resemblance of the keyboard's buttons to the skin of a fruit.

Meanings

1. A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited.
   • Posers using BlackBerrys on the button lift can be pretty irritating, but I bet it gives a lot of pleasure whenever an unfortunate captain of industry drops his vital little device in the snow. 2014, John Timpson, Ask John: Straight-Talking, Common Sense from the Front Line of Management, Icon Books, →ISBN:
   • Knowing that DA, Inc. was using BlackBerrys, the CEO of the competition hired an underground hacker to come up with a way to thwart the competition. 2007, Daniel Hoffman, Blackjacking: Security Threats to BlackBerry® Devices, PDAs, and Cell Phones in the Enterprise, Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 49:
   • A few days ago, I took a walk with my wife and did not take my BlackBerry! That's progress. Of course, I reached into my empty pockets six or seven times, so clearly I have a long way to go. 2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 120:
   • Thugga and the rest of the group communicated using BlackBerrys set up so that messages would automatically delete after 48 hours. 2023, David White, Angus Gillies, “All roads lead north”, in Far North, Echo Publishing, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

crackberry · BlackBerried

Translations (11)

cmn 黑莓手機 /黑莓手机 (device (transliterations)) · ko 블랙베리 (device (transliterations)) · bg Блекбери (device (transliterations)) · fa بلکبری (device (transliterations)) · ar بْلَاك بِيرِي (device (transliterations)) · ja ブラックベリー (device (transliterations)) · ar بْلَاك بِيرِي (device (transliterations)) · mr ब्लॅक्बेरी (device (transliterations)) · el Μπλάκ-μπερη (device (transliterations)) · ru Блэ́кберри (device (transliterations)) · he בלקברי (device (transliterations))

BlackBerry en · VERB

Etymology

Brand name, from the resemblance of the keyboard's buttons to the skin of a fruit.

Meanings

1. To send a text message or e-mail with a BlackBerry device.
   • But Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin told me she was well known for BlackBerrying during face-to-face meetings. 2012, Matthew Zencey, Unlikely Liberal: Sarah Palin's Curious Record as Alaska's Governor, Potomac Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 144:
   • "I BlackBerried a sort of risque joke message to this friend of mine — it was totally a joke — but, um, I accidentally sent it to two hundred strangers. […] 2007, Kristin Gore, Sammy's Hill, Miramax Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 219:
   • We've interviewed female entrepreneurs who say they were BlackBerrying up into the final stages of labor; […] 2009, Colleen DeBaise, The Wall Street Journal: Complete Small Business Guidebook, Three Rivers Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 205:

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