Comments on: Pixel http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/pixel/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mr.kanada http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/pixel/comment-page-1/#comment-3898 mr.kanada Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:27:28 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/pixel/#comment-3898 I started using the word 'pixelated' back in 1999 when I was listening to my friends in college talk about pixels and such for his graphic design project. I wittingly ;) described his 'distorted/blurry' picture he had on his screen as 'pixelated' where he promptly laughed at me and said there was no such word. So does that mean I came up with the word and it spread across the world like wildfire? I coined the word! Sweet! Hahaha, needless to say, I am not a nerd. Far from it actually. I started using the word ‘pixelated’ back in 1999 when I was listening to my friends in college talk about pixels and such for his graphic design project. I wittingly ;) described his ‘distorted/blurry’ picture he had on his screen as ‘pixelated’ where he promptly laughed at me and said there was no such word.

So does that mean I came up with the word and it spread across the world like wildfire? I coined the word! Sweet!

Hahaha, needless to say, I am not a nerd. Far from it actually.

]]> By: thepratingknave http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/pixel/comment-page-1/#comment-2224 thepratingknave Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:14:37 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/pixel/#comment-2224 @Topi Linkala: I believe ShiftR was inquiring as to how the term 'coined' was, well, coined. I've often wondered myself. @Topi Linkala: I believe ShiftR was inquiring as to how the term ‘coined’ was, well, coined. I’ve often wondered myself.

]]> By: Topi Linkala http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/pixel/comment-page-1/#comment-1873 Topi Linkala Sun, 03 May 2009 08:34:25 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/pixel/#comment-1873 @SiftR: Words are coined because in a technical document using the full definition every time would make the reading (more) tedious. @SiftR: Words are coined because in a technical document using the full definition every time would make the reading (more) tedious.

]]> By: ShiftR http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/pixel/comment-page-1/#comment-128 ShiftR Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:59:23 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/pixel/#comment-128 Pixelated was first used in the nerd world, I believe, to refer to any image whose visual quality was reduced by the perception of the pixels themselves. Later the effect was adopted to deliberately obscure images. Textbooks certainly give 'picture element' as the origin of pixel. There are also 'voxels', the 3D equivalent of 2D pixels. Somewhere out there there are probably one or more aged nerds who believe they coined 'pixel'. So why are words 'coined'? Pixelated was first used in the nerd world, I believe, to refer to any image whose visual quality was reduced by the perception of the pixels themselves. Later the effect was adopted to deliberately obscure images. Textbooks certainly give ‘picture element’ as the origin of pixel. There are also ‘voxels’, the 3D equivalent of 2D pixels. Somewhere out there there are probably one or more aged nerds who believe they coined ‘pixel’. So why are words ‘coined’?

]]> By: RolyMole http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/pixel/comment-page-1/#comment-125 RolyMole Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:22:55 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/pixel/#comment-125 There's also "pixelated" in the sense of having some pixels in an image deliberately smeared, cleared or otherwise obscured to prevent something undesirable being seen - e.g. a face that could be recognised or a pornographic image. There’s also “pixelated” in the sense of having some pixels in an image deliberately smeared, cleared or otherwise obscured to prevent something undesirable being seen – e.g. a face that could be recognised or a pornographic image.

]]> By: marcparis http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/pixel/comment-page-1/#comment-121 marcparis Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:43:39 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/pixel/#comment-121 I thought that the "el" in "pixel" came from "element" (pixel = picture element). Is that correct? I thought that the “el” in “pixel” came from “element” (pixel = picture element). Is that correct?

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