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Origin of the Word Blockbuster - Little Surprise
3349    Dibyendu Banerjee    13/07/2017

Origin of Blockbuster

Everything changes with the passage of time. Even in some instances, the original meaning of a word is lost and is replaced to mean something else. Blockbuster is one of such words. Initially it meant an awesome bomb, which is mighty enough to destroy an entire block of buildings. In fact, the first batch of blockbusters was produced by the Royal Air Force, UK (RAF) during the Second World War. The very earliest of those blockbusters, weighing an impressive 4.000 lbs, was dropped on the German city of Emden during an air raid in March 1941.The wartime press was quick enough to name the powerful bomb as ‘Blockbuster’ and within no time, the coinage was being used metaphorically to describe anything and everything which had a massive devastating effect.

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However, the original implication of the term gradually disappeared after the war, leaving us the word, which is used today mainly to mean a big-budget spectacular film with great commercial success.

Blockbuster Outlet Interior
Blockbuster Outlet Interior
Blockbuster Outlet
Blockbuster Outlet

It may be mentioned here that, ‘Blockbuster’ was the name of an American-based provider of home movie and video game rental services through their rental outlets. It became internationally known throughout the 1990s. Yet, competition from the Netflix, Amazon and others led to Blockbuster's eventual downfall. However, Blockbuster outlets on the

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edges have not totally fallen victim to online video rivals, because internet service is not very much reliable in some remote towns and resorts where the last stores still exist.

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Dibyendu Banerjee
Ex student of Scottish Church College. Served a Nationalised Bank for nearly 35 years. Authored novels in Bengali. Translated into Bengali novels/short stories of Leo Tolstoy, Eric Maria Remarque, D.H.Lawrence, Harold Robbins, Guy de Maupassant, Somerset Maugham and others. Also compiled collections of short stories from Africa and Third World. Interested in literature, history, music, sports and international films.
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