cyber

English

Etymology

Originally from cybernetics before becoming a stand alone word.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪbə(r)

Adjective

cyber (not generally comparable; )

1. Pertaining to the Internet; alternative spelling of cyber-.
2. (informal) Cybergoth.
   • 1998, Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines, Gothic: four hundred years of excess, horror, evil, and ruin

     She is a high priestess of the Church of the SubGenius, a devotee of the music of Tom Waits and Robert Smith, and of goth and cyber subcultures.

   • 2007, Tiffany Godoy, Ivan Vartanian, Style Deficit Disorder: Harajuku Street Fashion, Tokyo

     ...a cross between metal, punk, goth, cyber, and rock.

   • 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture

     No CyberGoth is complete without gigantic "stompy" platform boots and the optional toy ray gun. Some are even more anachronistic in that they incorporate old Renaissance and Victorian styles into their much-loved cyber wear.

Derived terms

• noncyber

Verb

cyber (third-person singular simple present cybers, present participle cybering, simple past and past participle cybered)

1. (slang) To engage in cybersex.

   Wanna cyber?

See also

• cyber-
• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams

• Bryce