Definitions

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  • noun informal the electromagnetic radiation emitted by all the computers, mobile phones etc. in the environment

Etymologies

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electro- +‎ smog

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Examples

  • Wake me up when it can complete and environmental impact assessment, defeat a coalition of concerned propertyholders suing because they don't want your "electrosmog" causing cancer, defeat a slimy local developer who really wants a route changed to improve the value of his land holdings, and then cajole the low-bidding contractor into actually building the network properly ....

    Slashdot 2010

  • We have written often at TreeHugger about EMF, cellphone radiation and "electrosmog", usually going with the scientific consensus that cellphones are like most things in life: fine in moderation.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • Wake me up when it can complete and environmental impact assessment, defeat a coalition of concerned propertyholders suing because they don't want your "electrosmog" causing cancer, defeat a slimy local developer who really wants a route changed to improve the value of his land holdings, and then cajole the low-bidding contractor into actually building the network properly ....

    Slashdot 2010

  • Club DJ, Steve Miller has revealed that he has been living in exile because of his powerful allergy to Wi-Fi internet waves that leave him feeling dizzy, sick, and disorientated. iller, better known by his stage name Afterlife, cannot use trains, stay in hotels or visit his local high street because he is allergic to the "electrosmog" caused by wireless internet waves.

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2009

  • And the only place where he can escape the "electrosmog" is in his own home - a detached house with 18in thick granite walls in a village near Falmouth, Cornwall.

    Daily News & Analysis 2009

  • I have long argued that the massive amount of "electrosmog" (to use the panderers 'term) means that those who claims electrosensitivity would be incapable of living in an urban area.

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

  • I have long argued that the massive amount of "electrosmog" (to use the panderers 'term) means that those who claims electrosensitivity would be incapable of living in an urban area.

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

  • Miller, better known by his stage name 'Afterlife', cannot use trains, stay in hotels or visit his local high street because he is allergic to the "electrosmog" caused by wireless internet waves.

    Daily News & Analysis 2009

  • I have long argued that the massive amount of "electrosmog" (to use the panderers 'term) means that those who claims electrosensitivity would be incapable of living in an urban area.

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

  • And the only place where he can escape the "electrosmog" is in his own home - a detached house with 18in thick granite walls in a village near Falmouth, Cornwall.

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2009

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  • He so far cleared up his techno-fog

    To succeed in posting his lexo-blog,

    But the world's unaware

    Ernest's wisdom is there

    Concealed in the mists of electrosmog.

    Find out more about Ernest Bafflewit

    December 5, 2015