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