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cyberprep

Today it means: A subgenre of science fiction which, like cyberpunk, focuses on technological advancements, but which presents life as utopian and leisure-driven rather than gritty and dangerous (as in cyberpunk). Full definition →

First used 1987

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From cyber- + prep, as a response to cyberpunk.

First known use, by meaning

from 1987 A subgenre of science fiction which, like cyberpunk, focuses on technological advancements, but which presents life as utopian and leisure-driven rather than gritty and dangerous (as in cyberpunk).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.