A person born in the digital communication age, cell phones, iPODs, PSPs, eDevices, PDAs, GPS, HDTV, DVD, etc., and is exposed to their use as an infant, toddler, and up.
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someone who "loves" his/her computer.
a relationship with a computer would be a case of technophilia.
a relationship with a computer would be a case of technophilia.
by tOnk3r November 1, 2004
Get the technophiliac mug.Someone who assumes that a device or particular piece of technology that they own, is either suffering or will suffer a fault or known issue.
Often a technochondriac will read an article on a device they own and will find out a number of 'known faults' and will then expect their device to suffer the same issues - sometimes telling people that it currently does, in anticipation.
A technochondriac is also prone to confusing their lack of product knowledge with a fault. Very common in those that a middle aged.
Often a technochondriac will read an article on a device they own and will find out a number of 'known faults' and will then expect their device to suffer the same issues - sometimes telling people that it currently does, in anticipation.
A technochondriac is also prone to confusing their lack of product knowledge with a fault. Very common in those that a middle aged.
Dad: "So son, how you enjoying that new Nokia N82 that I bought you. I'm really liking mine!"
Son: "Yeah, its cool now that I've flashed the unit with the latest version 11 firmware - that fixed the 'camera freeze' issue that I was experiencing. All good now."
Dad: "Yeah, I'm having that same fault so I must get around to updating mine."
Son: "Ummm... no your not. You are such a technochondriac - you just keep forgetting to open the camera shutter causing that slight delay. Your phone is fine!"
Son: "Yeah, its cool now that I've flashed the unit with the latest version 11 firmware - that fixed the 'camera freeze' issue that I was experiencing. All good now."
Dad: "Yeah, I'm having that same fault so I must get around to updating mine."
Son: "Ummm... no your not. You are such a technochondriac - you just keep forgetting to open the camera shutter causing that slight delay. Your phone is fine!"
by Bucko_NZ March 8, 2008
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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.
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by Hal E. Halvorson April 6, 2006
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My technophiliasticity made the move from TikTok to Clubhouse a lot easier for me than it was for my grandma.
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