Definitions

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  • adjective Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.
  • adjective Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media.

Etymologies

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First attested (as techno-sexual) in the 18 May 1970 edition of New York Magazine. Not attested again until the late 1990s (as technosexual).

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Examples

  • Calvin Klein went as far as trademarking the term technosexual in 2005.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Cliff Pickover 2008

  • Calvin Klein went as far as trademarking the term technosexual in 2005.

    Technosexual Cliff Pickover 2008

  • Gizmodo has an amazing interview with a technosexual man with a custom-made relationship.

    YesButNoButYes: Robot Love 2008

  • As with the metrosexual, companies have tried to promote the concept of the technosexual in order to sell products.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Cliff Pickover 2008

  • As with the metrosexual, companies have tried to promote the concept of the technosexual in order to sell products.

    Technosexual Cliff Pickover 2008

  • Gizmodo has an amazing interview with a technosexual man with a custom-made relationship.

    YesButNoButYes: March 2008 Archives 2008

  • Calvin Klein has even trademarked the term “technosexual”.

    YesButNoButYes: Sexual Terms 2007

  • “We have envisioned this as the first fragrance for the technosexual generation,” said Mr. Murry, using a term the company made up to describe its intended audience of thumb-texting young people whose romantic lives are defined in part by the casual hookup.

    YesButNoButYes: Sexual Terms 2007

  • “We have envisioned this as the first fragrance for the technosexual generation,” said Mr. Murry, using a term the company made up to describe...

    YesButNoButYes: March 2007 Archives 2007

  • When I think of “technosexual,” I think of Sex Station 7.

    YesButNoButYes: Sexual Terms 2007

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