Citations:technoplegic

English citations of technoplegic

Noun: "(informal) a person who freezes up psychologically when confronted with new technology or resists technological advance"

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• 1998 — "Lines drawn in two-way fight", South China Morning Post, 25 January 1998:

  While he certainly gets his intelligence by fax and telephone from old friends in the SAR, he does not go to www.scmp.com before breakfast every morning. The former Governor, you see, is a self-confessed technoplegic.

• 2000 March 4, Peckhammer [username], “Do Harleys have a future in a digital world?”, in rec.motorcycles.harley‎^[1] (Usenet):

  The technoplegics among you will probably spew your usual twaddle about how Cuba will be a democracy before these advancements hit the street.

• 2003 August 18, BillyJoeJimBob [username], “Re: Need advice on graphics cards”, in rec.sport.paintball‎^[2] (Usenet):

  It really freaked out my friends when I did that--the technoplegics. ;)