Plugged
Both words in one sentence
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It had no sound hardware, though games managed to produce sound effects by manipulating the cassette port with some sort of speaker plugged in.
Source: Useful Notes / TRS-80 -
Unsound Effect: For a rather unconventional example, whenever a hammer is being used, the sound effect is usually "hammer" instead of "bang." Others include "unscrew" for the top of a saltshaker being unscrewed, and "plug" for Christmas lights being plugged in.
Source: Comic Strip / Garfield - Portal 2 - Wheatley after he is plugged into the GLaDOS chassis, is sometimes referred to by the fans as "WheatDOS." The developers seem to have the same nickname for him, since this is the name of one of the commentary sound files.
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