# technosexual
## English
### Etymology

From techno- +‎ -sexual. First attested (as techno-sexual) in the 18 May 1970 edition of New York Magazine. Not attested again until the late 1990s, as technosexual.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: tĕk′nō-sĕk′sho͞o-əl
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
** (General American) IPA: /ˌtɛk.noʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
* Rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl, -ɛkʃuːəl
* Hyphenation: tech‧no‧sex‧ual

### Adjective

technosexual (not comparable)
* Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.
** 1997, Janet Lungstrum, Metropolis and the Technosexual Woman of German Modernity, in Women in the Metropolis: Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture (Katharina von Ankum, editor; Berkley: UC Press), pages 128-144; abstract:
    […] Women of the time were constructed to be the technosexual Other, robot-like & programmable, as in Fritz Lang's film Metropolis (1927). Other images of women as sex machine in film & literature of the time are described. […]
** 1999, Marsha Meskimmon, We Weren't Modern Enough: Women Artists and the Limits of German Modernism, page 61:By contrast, women artists who considered the theme of the mannequin-woman precisely undermined this form of elision between women on the street and the idealised technosexual forms of woman displayed in magazines, shop windows and on advertising poles.
** 2007, Ashley Dawson, Malini Johar Schueller, Exceptional State: Contemporary U.S. Culture and the New Imperialism, page 167:It is a technosexual dominance marked by order, control, and precision, one which seeks to reduce the Other to disorder, chaos, and destruction through discourses of homophobia and masculinity.
* Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media.
** 2009, Nancy Flynn, The E-Policy Handbook: Rules and Best Practices to Safely Manage Your Company's E-Mail, Blogs, Social Networking, and Other Electronic Communication Tools, page 161:Immediate fallout from the scandal included a call for the mayor's resignation from the city's 900-member municipal union and public embarrassment for Kilpatrick's wife and family as the tragic technosexual tale spread nationwide thanks to coverage in […] prominent media outlets.
** 2010, Daniel Reimold, Sex and the University: Celebrity, Controversy, and a Student Journalism Revolution, page 87:They discuss the implications of online dating; online pornography; virtual sex in the fantasy worlds of Second Life and The Sims; and technosexual intercourse, an activity traditionally associated with phone sex but now embracing all manner of cyber-based connections such as "sexting" (sexually explicit text messaging) and erotic instant messaging.
** 2011, Mark Abley, The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English, page 227:Aiming at a slightly older crowd, Calvin Klein introduced a pair of perfumes for the "technosexual generation" — the company's phrase, not mine — named CK in2U. The ad campaign featured the lines "She likes how he blogs, her texts turn him on. It's intense. For right now."

#### Related terms

* technosex
* technosexuality

### Noun

technosexual (plural technosexuals)
* Someone with a sexual fetish for or sexual attraction to machines, robots, computers or androids. [since 2004]
** 2004 March 22, Robert X. Cringeley, “Always the Last to Know”, in InfoWorld, number 12, page 14:At this rate, I may give up on women entirely and become a technosexual.
** 2005, Johnny Blue, The Blue Riders' Club, Trafford, page 59:LESLIE: Don't forget, I was fucking a machine, not a man. GARY: What does that make you then, technosexual?
** 2005, Dennis Hans, “Plankton's insidious technosexual agenda”, in National Catholic Reporter:Plankton isn’t gay; he’s technosexual. His wife, Karen -- the apple of his one and only eye -- is a computer.
** 2010, Anthony Ferguson, The Sex Doll: A History, page 204:There is no single, stereotypical sex doll user. These curious, ever-evolving objects are desired by some for their artistic quality, by others for their complicit silence. The technosexual admires their cold, emotionless, robotic texture, […]
* (neologism) A person, especially a male metrosexual, who expresses himself or herself (including in terms of sexuality) through technological devices. [since 2006]
** 2006, Business Venezuela, issues 275-279 (Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce):
    Metrosexuals have opened the door to close kin such as technosexuals (basically, metrosexuals who like gadgets).
** 2007 May 9, Samantha Brett, Sydney Morning Herald, "Ask Sam TV Ep 10 - What women want next: the technosexual?" :
    But fast forward to today and it seems Mr. Joe has become a full-blown technosexual icon […]
** 2010, Eric Freedman, Transient Images: Personal Media in Public Frameworks, page 166:The technosexual fucks the network (this is not rape, for the network is receptive by design), ejaculating signs, creating a form of pornography aligned with his or her desire (this is not always an act of conscious exhibitionism); […]

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