[Ads-l] Antedating of "Boom Box"

[Shapiro, Fred]

boom box (portable player) (OED 1981)

1980 Pittsburgh Press 7 Dec. G-1/1 (Newspapers.com)

The box got so hot in New York City that Mugger's Special became the industry name ... Ghetto Blaster and Boom Box have also been suggested.  Blacks buy about 60 percent of the estimated 100 portable radio-tape players sold weekly at Ralph's Discount City, Downtown.

Fred Shapiro




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