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Technological Tourettes 

A syndrome in which one gets so incredibly infuriated by technology the emotion boils up in one monosyllabic outburst; usually the word FUCK! Most commonly suffered by I.T. personnel but also know to affect smartphone users and elderly people with more than one remote control.
Bob's lost spreadsheet induced technological tourettes and got him a three day suspension and a lot of dirty looks from his bible-thumping co-workers.
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Technologically neutered 

To strip technology of all meaningful features, thereby violating its original intent to solve problems in an automated way. This is typically done by an enterprise through a series of decisions made by folks with no understanding of technology, e.g. legal or risk. Fears that drive to these decisions are typically focused on trying to prevent behaviors through technology limitations, without isolating that the issue is the behavior. The end result will likely be a set of technology that looks similar to the current technology set, just with a different look and feel on top of a fundamentally rearchitected platform typically costing millions of dollars.

The approach would be equivalent to not allowing knives in the cafeteria for fear of stabbings vs not hiring people who won't stab each other. Only technologically neutering costs much more.
They technologically neutered the SharePoint environment by removing everything but the list and document library. It is no longer usable for its core collaboration functions.

We have technologically neutered our mobile email by not allowing attachments.

They technologically neutered their CRM by turning off the workflow features.

tachnolory 

Be right back mom, I have to go to TacoBell to further study my tachnolory.
tachnolory by livriss January 1, 2009

technilog 

Our lord of discord, a pewdiepie with worse audio but somehow better video, mostly known for thier discord sings series
Person one: yo, ya know technilog?
Person two: Diggy Diggy hole?
Person three: RA RA RASPUTIN
Person one and two: GTFO
technilog by squabbles July 5, 2020

Technological Osmosis 

The term Technological Osmosis is a jargon term used in technically focused organizations that rely heavily on email communication. The term refers to the ability to understand a technical requirement even though the requirement has not been communicated. The term evolved to add levity the common communication Faux Pas of neglecting to attach a document.

Usually used in the negative.
Example:

Sender - "Please design the solution in accordance to the attached requirement's document"

Response - "I am sorry that I lack technological osmosis skills, please attach the attachment to the previous email."
Technological Osmosis by J. Steel February 11, 2010

Technopology 

The act of expressing one's sorrow through an electronic device.
I got a technopology from my boyfriend who obviously doesn't want to apologize in person.

He used technopology as a way to vent his emotion after the tragic event.
Technopology by B.E.A.N. March 6, 2010

Technological Singularity 

When we reach a point where we cannot understand our own technology, but it can understand us.
When mankind reaches a technological singularity, we're fucked.