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  • noun A strong desire for modern technology.

Etymologies

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techno- +‎ lust

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Examples

  • These are people who I can't say why, but they share a kind of technolust with me.

    Witness The Anal Retentiveness Of One Man! 2004

  • I turned down a date with a girl last month because instead of her cell number, she wrote her facebook URL on a napkin and handed it to me.kai. technolust

    Exclusive: The Future of Facebook Usernames - Anil Dash 2009

  • Certainly not out of technolust: He's a self-described semi-Luddite.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • In their ongoing quest to torture and infuriate consumers by tying our brains into knots of technolust confusion, Apple has unveiled their newest line of iPods and, of course, put us all in yet another one of their famous purchasing pickles.

    You’ve Got The Touch, Apple! | Best Week Ever 2007

  • Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced his latest line of iPod technolust and dropped the price of the still months-old JesusPhone by a whopping 200 bucks.

    BEST OF THE BWE: High School Nudity | Best Week Ever 2007

  • Certainly not out of technolust: He's a self-described semi-Luddite.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • I know about as much as the average person regarding the music scene there: MC5, the White Stripes (duh), Dirtbombs and other lo-fi garage punk goings on in Detroit, and on the other side of the fence there's the heritage of Techno via "The Belleville Three" (Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson), and the current technolust of Ghostly International/Spectral Sound in Ann Arbor.

    Great Lake Music (Music (For Robots)) 2006

  • Plus it helped to satisfy my technolust and stopped me from buying anything more expensive.

    2008 April | ultraorange.net 2008

  • Plus it helped to satisfy my technolust and stopped me from buying anything more expensive.

    A new iPod in da House | ultraorange.net 2008

  • I know about as much as the average person regarding the music scene there: MC5, the White Stripes (duh), Dirtbombs and other lo-fi garage punk goings on in Detroit, and on the other side of the fence there's the heritage of Techno via "The Belleville Three" (Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson), and the current technolust of Ghostly International/Spectral Sound in Ann Arbor.

    Music (For Robots): May 2006 Archives 2006

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  • technolust – the constant desire to possess the newest, flashiest, fastest, shiniest gadget available, even if the one you just bought is only two months old and still works great

    July 14, 2008

  • I used the word TECHNOLUST as the title of an article in a publication called Sound on Sound in March 1989

    October 18, 2015