cyberfreak

noun

cyberfreak

noun

Etymology From cyber- + freak.

1

Derogatory, Often, Slang An obsessive Internet user.

  • In truth, those who take chat seriously, as a means of meeting other like minds and sharing mutual interests, can suss out who's a cyberfreak and who isn't.1998, Matt Goldberg, Tripod's Tools for Life:
  • Probably some twisted little cyberfreak getting his anonymous fifteen minutes.2003, P. J. Tracy, Monkeewrench:
2 more examples
  • She phoned a couple of friends only to establish that their machines were unaffected. “Wow, Ghita, maybe you've picked up one of these crazy viruses from the Philippines or wherever those cyberfreaks hang out!"2005, John le Carré, The Constant Gardener, page 335:
  • Her daughter threatened to publish our emails in a memoir. How she got them is a mystery. She's one of those cyberfreaks.2007, Henry Hart, Background Radiation, page 86:

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