lopomo
n.— «Products that idle in what the industry calls low-power mode, or lopomo, consumed about 10 percent of total electricity in California homes, according to a 2002 study prepared for the California Energy Commission by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.» —“Putting Energy Hogs in the Home on a Strict Low-Power Diet” by Larry Magid New York Times June 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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