scramblevision en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of scramble + television.
Meanings
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(colloquial, uncountable) pay-per-view television watched without a descrambler, so that the picture is distorted or missing
He didn't join me when I went into the other room at age 11 to watch Roger Clemens' first 20 K game on scramblevision, but he was definitely one of the first ones I told of the result.
2005, Eric Christensen, Win It for ....: What a World Championship Means to Generations of Red Sox Fans: