Cyber

//ˈsaɪ.bə// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Everything having to do with the Internet considered collectively. singular, singular-only

    "These prefigure the more complex aspects of virtual and real interactions which the cyber will deliver to us in these early years of the new millennium."

  2. 2
    Cybersecurity.

    "Is there an escalatory ladder in cyber, the same as with weapons of mass destruction? Fleming doesn't like the comparison with nuclear deterrence but says that Russia is indeed conscious of escalation risk."

Verb
  1. 1
    To engage in cybersex. dated, slang

    "Wanna cyber?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-. not-comparable

    "I pointed out to him we have significant cyber capability and he knows it. He doesn’t know exactly what it is, but it’s significant. And if in fact they violate these basic norms, we will respond cyberly. He knows. In a cyber way."

  2. 2
    Cybergoth. informal, not-comparable

    "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."

Example

More examples

"Cyber activists want to meet with the Supreme Leader."

Etymology

Originally from cybernetics, before becoming a stand-alone word.

Related phrases

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