Timeline for A word for the moment when you realise technology has outpaced you
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| Dec 4, 2016 at 17:38 | comment | added | jaxter | I disagree with Barth's usage of "troglodytehood", as given in your citation. "Troglodytehood" is a nonce word from a non-credentialed source (his non-fiction writing), and it doesn't reflect the dictionary definition of the root word. He also misuses the term "avant-pop", which is self-contradictory. It comes from from the homonymous 1986 album by American jazz musician Lester Bowie (Avant Pop - Brass Fantasy), where pop tunes were scored for brass in jazz style, i.e. after, not before, the pop movement. His book is a blizzard of buzzwords he (self-admittedly) doesn't understand. | |
| Dec 4, 2016 at 17:29 | comment | added | jaxter | The verb "imbrute" involves adopting brutish qualities (and presumably, losing the more sophisticated ones). The OP's experience doesn't imply brutishness. And "troglodyte" reflects being unacquainted with affairs of the world (not limited to technology - see dictionary.com/browse/troglodyte), and/or brutishness, usually as a result of seclusion. Neither is specific enough to technological incompetence, nor the experience of becoming aware of it. But very entertaining and useful words nonetheless, in these troubled times. | |
| Nov 20, 2016 at 0:49 | history | answered | Phil Sweet | CC BY-SA 3.0 |