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Off topic but the word/prefix "cyber" is so cool. I wish it was used more, like the "e-" prefix for internet applications.

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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 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

What? 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.

Cyber 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.

It's mostly been replaced by RP ("roleplay") or ERP ("erotic roleplay"), the latter of which can make business process discussions interesting.

You might like "CyberPrefixer" on twitter, a bit which adds "cyber-" to news headlines: https://twitter.com/cyberprefixer

Republicans cybervow to 'press on' with cyberhealth care bill in CNN cyberdebate

Trump announces new US economic cybersanctions targeting North Korea over nuclear cyberprogram

etc

Some are a bit over-the-top, there's the odd gem though

Remind me of cloud-to-butt extension when the "cloud" word was used too much in just few years ago.

I don't think anyone outside of the government and government contractors use "Cyber". Everyone else just says "computer". Apparently Cyber can be used as a noun, too [1].

1: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/trump...

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