cybercowboy
cybercowboy noun: a character who carries out contract work, especially of a legally dubious nature, in cyberspace.
Noun
cybercowboy (plural cybercowboys)
- A character who carries out contract work, especially of a legally dubious nature, in cyberspace.
- ...from the voyeur and beau, through the private dick and the hobo to the cybercowboy and the cyborg.2000, Cutting Edge, Digital desires: language, identity and new technologies
- Unlike the cyborg and cybercowboy, technoman Lenny is a sad figure who cannot move on. Despite Faith's rejections he loiters about the club where she works...2002, Amanda Fernbach, Fantasies of fetishism: from decadence to the post-human
- An Internet user.
- ...shares not a little with libertarian cybercowboys of the technosphere like John Barlow and Mitch Kapor...1995, Maurice Berger, Brian Wallis, Simon Watson, Carrie Mae Weems, Constructing masculinity
- Within the week he upgraded his PC, got a modem, downloaded Netscape, and became a cybercowboy.2001, Jim Sterne, World Wide Web marketing
- Synonyms:
- cybernaut, cybersurfer, netizen
Synonyms of cybercowboy
Forms of cybercowboy
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Origin of cybercowboy
From cyber- + cowboy.
Questions about cybercowboy
- What does cybercowboy mean?
- Cybercowboy means a character who carries out contract work, especially of a legally dubious nature, in cyberspace.
- What part of speech is cybercowboy?
- Cybercowboy is a noun.
- What is the plural of cybercowboy?
- The plural of cybercowboy is cybercowboys.
Words near cybercowboy in the dictionary
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