When an electronic device is used as a shield from flirting. For example, when an opportunity occurs (eye contact, adjacent sitting), the potential person shifts attention to their gizmo (fiddling on an iPod, texting on cellphone, opening a netbook).
Paul: "Tom, why don't you say something to that cute redhead?"
Tom: "She already techblocked me when I looked over at her & smiled, then she whipped out her smartphone"
Tom: "She already techblocked me when I looked over at her & smiled, then she whipped out her smartphone"
by infuzion July 20, 2010
Get the techblock mug.Adj. -- 1) prevented from accomplishing some task as a result of a technological failure or glitch; 2) a disabling sense of anxiety or insecurity produced by technological change.
"I tried to print out my paper, but I was techblocked by the f'ing printer."
"My father wants to set up his router, but he's feeling completely techblocked."
"My father wants to set up his router, but he's feeling completely techblocked."
by Frederick Lane May 15, 2014
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