gee-whizzery

This shift toward the epideictic in popularizations of science—and the sensationalism and gee-whizzery that may result—is, then, not a punishment inflicted on science stories by disdainful or malicious journalists.

2010, Jane Gregory, Steve Miller, Science in Public: Communication, Culture, and Credibility, page 214

Though he is given to gee-whizzery about anything “super awesome”—Small amounts of radiation are actually good for you! It’s called radiation hormesis!—he has scant interest in the specifics of the apps that many YC companies produce; what intrigues him is their potential effect on the world.

2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker

In the rush to introduce new technologies into education—whether inside or outside of Canadian schools—objectives and outcomes can be lost sight of, overwhelmed by the “gee - whizzery” of techno-fetishism, often on the part of educators unfamiliar with, and intimidated by, the new technologies themselves.

2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker

In any applied science it is important not to be seduced by 'gee-whizzery'. Every 'Gee Whiz!' should be accompanied by a 'So what?'

2013, John Webster, Animal Husbandry Regained

The technology need not be very sophisticated: printed materials for instance can be cost effective, as attested in the BT and Reuters case studies; or it may encompass the very latest 'gee-whizzery' of satellites (TSB), Intranet (Reuters), videoconferencing (Ulster), etc.

2014, Stephen Brown, Open and Distance Learning