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Tue 13 Apr, 2004 06:12 pm
computerphobe
I guess the word means:
A person who suffers from computer phobia.
Right?
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary has its defintion:
a person who experiences anxiety about computers and especially about their use
I didn't get this definition well, because "anxiety" might mean "Eager, often agitated desire", also might mean "A state of intense apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of a threatening event or situation, often to a degree that the normal physical and psychological functioning of the affected individual is disrupted."
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Tablet PCs Are Back in Style
Back in style = out of date?
Right. You got it.
Anxiety, coupled with a phobia = intense apprehension, uncertainty...fear.
I personally cannot recall a time that I did not infer that particular definition of anxiety.
Eager, agitated desire simply doesn't, ever, come to mind, though if you say it's in Webster's, I believe you!
Joe's right. It's really uncommon for anxiety to mean 'eager desire'.
'Back in style' means that they were fashionable, became out of date, and are now fashionable again. 'back' often implies a return or repetition.
Thanks Joeblow and Eos. Got it now.
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