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tapespondent en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of tape + correspondent.

Meanings

1. (dated) A sort of penfriend who communicated by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the post.
   • I remember a few particularly valued tapespondents: Don from Riverside, California; Louis from Miami, Florida […] 2002, Tom Sherman, Peggy Gale, Before and After the I-Bomb: An Artist in the Information Environment:
   • The average is probably around three or four, but some tapespondents have more than fifty contacts. 1967, Ken Peters, Modern tape recording and hi-fi:
   • So, while some tapespondents wrap their tapes in aluminum foil […] 1969, High Fidelity, volume 19, numbers 7-12:

Forms

Relateds

tapespondence · tapesponding

Synonyms

voicespondent