prechipped

prechipped

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ chipped

Adjective

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, Amy Spindler, "Seeing a City in the Windows of Its Shops", New York Times, 6 March 1994:

     Here are prechipped, prescratched treasures -- medicine chests, porcelain dishes, canisters -- as if we are too impatient today to wear out our belongings ourselves.

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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, Usenet‎:

     Does anyone in here know of anyone^[sic] i can buy a prechipped Playstation 2 (new and boxed, opened only for chipping) with the messiah modchip?

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:prechipped.