Cyber

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪbə(r)

Origin

Originally from cybernetics before becoming a stand alone word.

Full definition of cyber

Adjective

1. Pertaining to the Internet; Alternative spelling of cyber-
2. (informal) Cybergoth.
• 1998, Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines, Gothic: four hundred years of excess, horror, evil, and ruinShe 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.
• 2007, Tiffany Godoy, Ivan Vartanian, Style Deficit Disorder: Harajuku Street Fashion, Tokyo...a cross between metal, punk, goth, cyber, and rock.
• 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark CultureNo CyberGoth is complete without gigantic "stompy" platform boots and the optional toy ray gun. Some are even more anachronistic in that they incorporate old Renaissance and Victorian styles into their much-loved cyber wear.

Derived terms

• noncyber

Verb

1. (slang) To engage in cybersex.Wanna cyber?

Anagrams

• Bryce