DEFINITION: A technological innovation that doesn't work as expected because "normal people" can't figure out how to use it.

Brokethrough

Created by: whirredup

Pronunciation: broek-throo

Sentence: After recording the wrong show 3 weeks in a row, she marveled at her fancy DVR's oft-cited brokethrough technology.

Etymology: breakthrough, as in "technological breakthrough"; + broke, as in "this shit doesn't work"

Points: 482

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