Christmas for BitTorrent users.

Screener season takes place in early January to mid-February when special DVD copies of movies being considered for awards like the Oscars are sent out to voters.

These movies are usually still in theaters / cinemas at the time so the only other pirated copies around are poor quality cams.

Inevitably, these special copies find their way onto popular BitTorrent sites like Pirate Bay.

You can tell it's a screener because there's a watermark that pops up every so often saying "For Your Consideration".

Jim: Do you guys want to go see Django at the movie theatre on Thursday?

Dave: It's screener season next week dude, I can just hook my laptop up to the TV.

Jim: Oh sweet.

Screener Season by Bootlegger501 January 11, 2013

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double screening

To use multiple tech devices at once for the purposes of entertaining one's self.

Jessie was bored so she started double screening by watching "Friends" on her iPad while using Facebook on her phone at the same time.

double screening by JustKiddingFool January 12, 2015

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screening

is the act of seeing someone's name (someone is calling you) on your cellephone screen and deciding not to answer for whatever reason.

are you guys screening my calls? i tried to reach you a couple of times but nobody answered

screening by chagra April 28, 2015

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second screening

The opening of a second screen for distraction and/or entertainment purposes (e.g. emails, Instagram, Facebook) while attending a video meeting on a separate screen via Zoom, FaceTime, etc.

During the Zoom staff meeting, Mollie second screened and caught up on her emails.

Daniel was obviously second screening during the meeting; he was tweeting at the same time.

second screening by MikeInDC October 27, 2020

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