nemo U.S.
(ˈniːməʊ)
[Etym. unknown.]
(See quots.)
| 1937 Printers Ink Monthly May 39/3 Nemo, any program originating outside of the broadcasting studios. A collection of ‘remote’. 1942 Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §619/2 A program originating outside the studio and transmitted to the studio for broadcasting... Nemo. 1950 Chester & Garrison Radio & Television 527 Nemo, a remote, a program originating away from the studio. 1960 O. Skilbeck ABC of Film & T.V. 89 Nemo (American), a telecast from location: an outside broadcast. 1961 H. B. Jacobson Mass Communications Dict. 222 Nemo, a program originating outside of the station's studios. |