blinkenlight

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blinkenlight

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A faux-Germanization of blinking lights, invoking German blinken (“blink, flash”).

noun blinkenlights

A flashing light or beacon light. The ASC straightened in his chair, casting a blinkenlight shadow over them. "I think we can table this until further investigation is done into Agent Mukami's cognition, however we want to approach that. Yes?"
A status light on an electronic or electric device, such as a modem, router, network hub, etc.

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noun a flashing light or beacon light

Deutsch	Blinklicht
Русский	мига́лка migálka, маячо́к majačók

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@misc{blinkenlight_2026,
  title = {blinkenlight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blinkenlight},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}