DEFINITION: n. The uneasy comfort that comes from knowing that your family, your friends, the police, the taxman, and every marketer in the world, are using the newest technology track your every move. v. To lose your privacy due to technology.

Cyberazziphobia

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Pronunciation: Cyber-Atzi-Phobia

Sentence: My increased use of Facebook and MySpace has resulted in clinical cyberazziphobia.

Etymology: From the words: - 'Cyber' (prefix associated with communication technology, from the word cybernetics). - 'Paparazzi' (the name of a character in the film La Dolca Vita, who took candid pictures of American movie stars, now associated with candid celebrity journalism) - 'Phobia' (suffix, Greek, meaning fear)

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