Terms vs Scrobble - What's the difference?
terms | scrobble |
(slang) To waylay, kidnap or steal.
* (John Masefield)
* Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere (page 73)
(internet slang) To publish one's music-listening habits to the Internet via software, in order to track when and how often certain songs are played.
As nouns the difference between terms and scrobble
is that terms is while scrobble is a datum or the aggregate data collected by this means.As a verb scrobble is
(slang) to waylay, kidnap or steal or scrobble can be (internet slang) to publish one's music-listening habits to the internet via software, in order to track when and how often certain songs are played.scrobble
English
Etymology 1
1927, in the book .Verb
- They've tried to scrobble another clergyman who was walking into Tatchester from Tineton.
- "We have no intention of violating their market truce. More of waiting till she has left the market and scrobbling her..."
