English Explanatory Dictionary

cyberbole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Exaggerated claims about what the internet and information technology will accomplish.

Pronunciation

/saɪˈbɜːbəli/ /saɪˈbɝbəli/

Word forms

cyberbole

Etymology

Coined by Steve Woolgar as blend of cyber + hyperbole in Technology, Cyberbole, Reality (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002).

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