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Cyber is short for cybersex in some minds which makes official statements and words sound funny. Was just thinking about how cool it must be for Gibson to have
by 83457 9y ago
Cyber is short for cybersex in some minds which makes official statements and words sound funny.
Was just thinking about how cool it must be for Gibson to have pulled a term like cyberspace out of his head years ago and for it to be such a widely used term now.
Edit, found video interview... https://youtu.be/ae3z7Oe3XF4 https://youtu.be/ae3z7Oe3XF4
- richardknop 9y agoWhat? I was not aware that cyber is short for cybersex. That's strange. I thought cybersecurity, cyberspace, cyberpunk are what most people would imagine if they hear "cyber". When I hear "cyber" the mental image I get is some sort of a scene from Matrix where Neo plugs a wire into his brain and goes into virtual world.
- 83457 9y agoCyber is an adjective essentially meaning computer. It is well known from the word cybernetics and later cyberspace. However I was pointing out that it used to be common to use the word "cyber" in phrases in place of cybersex like "want to cyber?". Maybe it was just a late-90/eary-2000s thing.
- vertex-four 9y agoIt's mostly been replaced by RP ("roleplay") or ERP ("erotic roleplay"), the latter of which can make business process discussions interesting.