Technobabble vs Cyberbabble - What's the difference?
technobabble | cyberbabble | Hypernyms |
Technical or scientific language used in fiction to convey a false impression of meaningful technical or scientific content.
From the point of view of the layperson, technical and scientific literature not understood.
Unexpectedly, he fell silent. * 1998 — Peter Anghelides, Kursaal , ch. 1, p. 6 *: 'We are self-sufficient...We don't rely on clear skies and satellite access and not being deep underground, because of your wonderful technobabble devices.' * 2006 — Michael Pritchard (comp.), Doctor Who Magazine , 376:45 (Nov) *: "And despite all the weird events the dialogue is naturalistic and light on technobabble ", says Peter. "Such a relief after recent stories." (informal, derogatory) Obscure or meaningless talk about cyber topics.
Technobabble is a hypernym of cyberbabble.
As nouns the difference between technobabble and cyberbabble
is that technobabble is technical or scientific language used in fiction to convey a false impression of meaningful technical or scientific content while cyberbabble is (informal|derogatory) obscure or meaningless talk about cyber topics.technobabble
English
(wikipedia technobabble)Noun
(-)Quotations
* 1997 — Lawrence Miles, Alien Bodies , ch. 4, p. 84 *: 'Dimensional incursion? What kind of ludicrous technobabble is that supposed to—'Unexpectedly, he fell silent. * 1998 — Peter Anghelides, Kursaal , ch. 1, p. 6 *: 'We are self-sufficient...We don't rely on clear skies and satellite access and not being deep underground, because of your wonderful technobabble devices.' * 2006 — Michael Pritchard (comp.), Doctor Who Magazine , 376:45 (Nov) *: "And despite all the weird events the dialogue is naturalistic and light on technobabble ", says Peter. "Such a relief after recent stories."
