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cyberbole

Pronunciation: /saɪˈbɜːbəli/

The English word “cyberbole” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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