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Macquarium.

An aquarium (fish tank) constructed using the case of a defunct Macintosh personal computer.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˌmækˈkwɛɚ.i.jəm/General-American
  1. An aquarium (fish tank) constructed using the case of a defunct Macintosh personal computer.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Scottish Gaelic mac Scottish Gaelic an Proto-Celtic *to- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus Proto-Celtic *wissus Proto-Celtic *towissus Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos Proto-Celtic *-ākos Proto-Celtic *towissākos Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci) Old Irish toísech Scottish Gaelic tòisiche Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche English McIntosh English Macintosh English Mac Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin aquāriumbor. English aquarium blend English Macquarium Blend of Mac + aquarium, coined by computer writer and Macquarium creator Andy Ihnatko (originally as a joke regarding the approaching obsolescence of early Compact Macintosh models).

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