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iMacQuarium en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of iMac + aquarium, after MacQuarium.

Meanings

1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of iMacquarium.
   alt of iMacquarium
   • My original Bondi blue iMac is by far the most reliable of the half-dozen Macs operating round-the-dock in my office. […] But I think its consistent performance is due to the fact that it sits on the same table as my iMacQuarium Prototype C. […] I had to build an iMacQuarium. The whole top naturally lifts off like a cake stand’s for easy access! […] Still, an iMacQuarium isn’t the same beast as a MacQuarium. When I developed the original MacQuarium plans, Mac Classics were good for little more than becoming fish tanks. 2001 March, Andy Ihnatko, “MacQuarium Revisited: What Can You Do with Your Aging iMac? GO FISH!”, in Andrew Gore, editor, Macworld, San Francisco, Calif.: Mac Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27, column 2:
   • Tonight show host Jay Leno and Apple founder Steve Jobs have found a place for fish in their homes: Both have an “iMacQuarium” — an old iMac computer with the electronics taken out and replaced with a fish tank. 2005 February 19, M. Veronica Velasco, Weta Ray Clark, “Living with fish: Stylish aquariums make themselves at home”, in The News & Observer, final edition, Raleigh, N.C.: The News and Observer Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12E, columns 4–5:
   • If you’re thinking of trashing a viable iMac to make an iMacQuarium, please think again and donate it to a school or other nonprofit that may be struggling along with old IIce’s, as this classroom is. 2001 June, Harry Henning, “Don’t Trash That iMac!”, in Andrew Gore, editor, Macworld, San Francisco, Calif.: Mac Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, Feedback, page 16, column 3:
   • […] all-in-one Mac into an acquarium (iMacQuariums, anyone?). 2000 December 3, “Tech the halls with …”, in The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C1:

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