Walkman

Etymology
A trademark; from, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists.

Proper noun

 * 1) A Sony portable personal compact cassette player product line
 * 2) A Sony brand for personal portable audio media players
 * 3) * 1997, , 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Chapter 1, at page 5 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition):
 * Outside the toilets school parties from France and Germany stood in stiff groups photographing themselves. They talked loudly without removing their Walkmans. Their headsets sizzled and tished.
 * 1)  A street urchin.

Derived terms

 * Discman Sony CD-based device like a Walkman
 * walkman genericization