Someone who is new to technology. A non-geek.
Anything new has a tendency to invoke fear, wariness and distrust. Newcomers to the technoscene are commonly assailed with pejoratives: but we were all newbies once; and every one of us remains a noob in some field of human endeavour - nobody knows it all.
The term 'technovice' is a more polite, welcoming term. It says, "Hi there friend, I see you're new here, do you need a hand?" whereas "FOAD you loser n00b!" simply pollutes cyberspace.
The word can be read as 'tech'+'novice', describing the present state of the user's knowledge (or rather, lack of it): but hidden within is the suggestion of things to come, when read as 'techno'+'vice' :)
Anything new has a tendency to invoke fear, wariness and distrust. Newcomers to the technoscene are commonly assailed with pejoratives: but we were all newbies once; and every one of us remains a noob in some field of human endeavour - nobody knows it all.
The term 'technovice' is a more polite, welcoming term. It says, "Hi there friend, I see you're new here, do you need a hand?" whereas "FOAD you loser n00b!" simply pollutes cyberspace.
The word can be read as 'tech'+'novice', describing the present state of the user's knowledge (or rather, lack of it): but hidden within is the suggestion of things to come, when read as 'techno'+'vice' :)
by zutelwortle October 14, 2007
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Their success is generally obtained accidentally, largely because they cuddle up to a real acheiver.
It should be noted that techno-hamsters have a tendency to get in over their heads, "falling into a heating vent" as it were.
Their success is generally obtained accidentally, largely because they cuddle up to a real acheiver.
It should be noted that techno-hamsters have a tendency to get in over their heads, "falling into a heating vent" as it were.
"That Hooman is such a techno-hamster, he's number one on YouTube today because the video he posted and thought was funny, instead enraged the mob, getting him there anyway."
by Dr. Johnson January 16, 2008
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2. a pair on actual sunglasses that you feel like wearing in a rave / nightclub
by techno techno October 8, 2009
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James plays these old DOS games with documentation for Adobe Reader 3, and complains about 9 not being fully backwards compatible, and wouldn't you know, the technochondriac then uses that as justification why we shouldn't update.
by mewrei January 26, 2010
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The mashing of two real words to create a seemingly real one that is able to fool "like" happy facebook users.
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The mashing of two real words to create a seemingly real one that is able to fool "like" happy facebook users.
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