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cyberfreak en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From cyber- + freak.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, often, slang) An obsessive Internet user.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • 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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