technocondriac 

Someone who always assumes that something they have done is the cause of any technical problem that arises.

Never assumes that a bug, crash, communications outage or any other external issue could cause a problem and instead always blames ones self.

Often n00bs are technocondriacs until they gain a certain level of confidence.

n00b: Omg, I broke all of MSN!
g44k: No, the system is down again, you technocondriac.

technocondriac by voiceinsideyou February 21, 2005

Technochondriac 

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.

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!"

Technochondriac by Bucko_NZ March 8, 2008

Technochondriac 

An individual who's constantly raising the alarm about how new systems (or any systems for that matter) will cause problems or will generally not work period.

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.

Technochondriac by mewrei January 26, 2010

Technochondriac 

A person who, after using the web to research a minor ailment, convinces themeself (because so many other non-medical professionals have spoken about it with such authority in their blog) that they now have a disease of major proportion.

Becoming a hypochondriac is so much easier now with all the technology at hand!

Bill has a toothe ache, so decides to look up the symptoms online. After reading several blogs about people with the same symptoms, he realizes that it's not a toothe ache at all, but rather a full-blown brain tumor, likely in its final stages. Bill, himself, is now a full-fledged Technochondriac.

Technochondriac by jeansy August 2, 2010

Technochondria 

Not unlike hypochondria, but with reference to technological ailments, rather than medical.
technochondria is demonstrated by repeated reporting of technological errors that aren't really there, likely for attention.

Tech Support: That woman was in again today, gotta be the 12th time with that same printer and nothing's ever wrong. Must have Technochondria.

Technochondria by Dylan Byrnes April 19, 2005

Technochondria 

An excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious technical issue.

Mr. Johnson has a sever case of technochondria. He's always complaining about his internet being slow, even though it's working as well as everyone else's.

Technochondria by taoistlumberjak April 10, 2007

technochondriac 

The friend you have that runs 4 antivirus programs, 10 different freeware anti-malware packages and is running zone alarm, norton internet security AND the windows firewall at the same time? The same guy who insists that defraging his hard drive every weekend makes surfing the internet faster?

Yeah, him.

(As defined by Dax420 on Reddit)

{Call to software company}
Customer: I installed your {program}, and now the geek squad is telling me I need a new hard drive!

Agent: Sir, I apologize, but I'm afraid that there's no way our {innocuous application} could physically damage your hard drive.

Customer: Oh yeah!? Well GOOGLE says your program destroys thousands of computers every year!

Agent: I am not one to question the Google sir, but I am telling you; it's not possible.

Customer: Then explain why GOOGLE has 40,000 results when I search for "{software name} destroyed my computer"!!
Agent: PEBKAC?
Customer: What??
Agent: Sir, I'm afraid you're a technochondriac.
Customer: *click*

technochondriac by thisnameissoclever February 11, 2010