technolust

noun

technolust

noun

Etymology From techno- + lust.

1

A strong desire for modern technology.

  • The ultimate source of CMW lies in the first blushes of technolust, when the hobbyist realizes with startling certainty that he has to have a motherboard[…]1984 December 31, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 53, page 8:
  • John Buschmann has raised some compelling points about technolust in libraries. He suggests that electronic resources are perceived as having a higher status than print resources[…]1995, Walt Crawford, Michael Gorman, Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality, page 42:

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