Etymology

technosexual

tech·no·sex·ual
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Today it means: Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way. Full definition →

First used since 2004
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The story

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.

First known use, by meaning

  • since 2004 Someone with a sexual fetish for or sexual attraction to machines, robots, computers or androids.
  • since 2006 A person, especially a male metrosexual, who expresses himself or herself (including in terms of sexuality) through technological devices.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.