digiroid n. a test photograph taken with a cheap digital camera before a more expensive or complicated one is used. Editorial Note: Polaroid instant cameras, which offer cheap, self-developing pictures, have long been used in this way. Etymological Note: Digital + Polaroid (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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