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cyberbole

noun
/saɪˈbɜːbəli/UK/saɪˈbɝbəli/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *gʷelH-✻
  2. derived from ὑπερβολή
  3. derived from hyperbolē
  4. inherited from iperbole
  5. compounded as cyberbole — “cyber + hyperbole”

Definitions

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

    • Regardless of whether one is wired or not, it is impossible to avoid the hype or cyberbole surrounding the Internet.
    • While some might claim that we can now declare the end of the 'cyberbole' (Woolgar, 2002), the aim of this collection is not to recap or evaluate these literatures and debates.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyberbole. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA