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prechipped

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ chipped.

Adjective

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prechipped (comparative more prechipped, superlative most prechipped)

  1. (of consumer goods) Having a piece or pieces broken or flaked off at the time of acquisition.
    • 1994 March 6, Amy Spindler, “Seeing a City in the Windows of Its Shops”, in New York Times:
      Here are prechipped, prescratched treasures -- medicine chests, porcelain dishes, canisters -- as if we are too impatient today to wear out our belongings ourselves.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:prechipped.
  2. (of a video game console, DVD player, etc.) Coming with a modchip preinstalled.
    • 2001 December 13, -=Ox-E-Genated=- [username], “-=Messiah=-”, in uk.games.video.playstation.forsale[1] (Usenet):
      Does anyone in here know of anyone[sic] i can buy a prechipped Playstation[sic] 2 (new and boxed, opened only for chipping) with the messiah modchip?
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:prechipped.