Periscope
English
Etymology
From the brand name Periscope.
Verb
Periscope (third-person singular simple present Periscopes, present participle Periscoping, simple past and past participle Periscoped)
- (transitive or intransitive, Internet) To broadcast live video stream using Periscope app via phone or tablet.
- 2015, Marketing Trends Guide 2016, page 8:
- Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Periscoped her first major campaign rally with Olympian Michelle Kwan as the host of the live stream.
- 2017, Paul Brown, Savage Enthusiasm: A History of Football Fans, page 277:
- When Manchester City fan Josh Chambers “Periscoped” an entire away match at Crystal Palace in Febrary 2017, notionally for the benefit of his stay-at-nome dad, the stream was watched by more than 139,000 stay-at-home fans.
- 2018, Claudette G. Artwick, “Social Media Livestreaming”, in Scott Eldridge II, Bob Franklin, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism, page 298:
- And photographer Patrick Witty (2015 ) Periscoped refugees landing in Lesbos, Greece, for BuzzFeed News.
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