Definitions

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  • noun The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.

Etymologies

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life +‎ casting

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Examples

  • What Pool's doing is vaguely similar to what's called "lifecasting," where individuals chronicle their lives online through a continual video stream or similar real-time techniques.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • The deal is leading to an application called lifecasting with Ovi, and this lets users publish enhanced status updates directly from the phone's home screen.

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 2009

  • While this may be true, and young people may as Emily Nussbaum wrote in her seminal New York magazine piece "Say Everything," be developing a thicker skin, I wonder if "lifecasting" as a cultural norm is a good thing?

    Anastasia Goodstein: Youthful Indiscretions 2008

  • You know, "lifecasting," of the sort pioneered by that Justin. tv guy, only hopefully more interesting to the kinds of political wonks that read the Post than your average MySpace dramathon.

    Shelby Highsmith: Live from Iowa: But It's No Big Brother 2008

  • A Web site that started as a showcase for one man "lifecasting" his daily activities now is letting anyone with a Webcam do the same, free.

    Online: Live 2007

  • Picks A site offers 'lifecasting' to anyone with a Webcam.

    Online: Live 2007

  • The teen used the "lifecasting" website Justin. tv designed to let users share the minutiae of their everyday lives to stream footage from his bedroom.

    WN.com - Articles related to Clinton to visit VMI, receive diplomat award 2010

  • Bonnie Bucqueroux, director of the victims and media program for the School of Journalism, said to promote a positive image, students and job seekers have to be careful on Facebook and Twitter about "lifecasting" instead of "mindcasting," terms coined by Jay Rosen of New York University.

    State News Top Stories 2010

  • Bonnie Bucqueroux, director of the victims and media program for the School of Journalism, said to promote a positive image, students and job seekers have to be careful on Facebook and Twitter about "lifecasting" instead of "mindcasting," terms coined by Jay Rosen of New York University.

    State News Top Stories 2010

  • The teen used the "lifecasting" website Justin. tv designed to let users share the minutiae of their everyday lives to stream footage from his bedroom.

    WN.com - Articles related to Clinton to visit VMI, receive diplomat award 2010

  • Lifecasting is the practice of making sculptures using molds taken from real-life plants and animals, and it can result in astonishingly detailed and lifelike representations.

    How Renaissance Artisans Turned Live Animals into Silver | JSTOR Daily Elizabeth Winterhalter 2020

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