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03-10-2016, 09:48 PM
We need to talk about how we talk about hoverboards
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Oh, hoverboard (http://mashable.com/category/hoverboard/), how do we describe thee? These exploding toys (http://mashable.com/2016/01/24/hoverboard-industry-in-flames/) are a far cry from what Back to the Future promised us — but "a hoverboard-esque board that doesn't really hover" doesn't have quite the same ring.
Hence, the very real struggle to accurately describe these ..things. The phrases below, compiled from various websites over the past few years, range from the cringeworthy to the bizarre(Editors' **te: We don't have the solution, either.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/what-even-is-a-hoverboard/)
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Oh, hoverboard (http://mashable.com/category/hoverboard/), how do we describe thee? These exploding toys (http://mashable.com/2016/01/24/hoverboard-industry-in-flames/) are a far cry from what Back to the Future promised us — but "a hoverboard-esque board that doesn't really hover" doesn't have quite the same ring.
Hence, the very real struggle to accurately describe these ..things. The phrases below, compiled from various websites over the past few years, range from the cringeworthy to the bizarre(Editors' **te: We don't have the solution, either.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/what-even-is-a-hoverboard/)
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