info age

US, UK/ˈɪnfəʊ ˌeɪdʒ/

proper noun

The Information Age.

Meanings

info age1

proper noun

alternative info-age · alternative Info Age

  1. attributiveinformalusuallyThe Information Age.

    There is nothing campy in all this appropriation, though, at least as these younger, info-age musicians understand it.

    2000 January 16, Gerald Marzorati, “Fromage Hommage”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2018
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    We're still at Burbank Airport on a recent Friday night when my 9-year-old son, Robert, reveals himself as a true child of the Info Age.

    1999 September 26, Bob Sipchen, “Techy Feely”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2023

    Can we say similar things about boredom? Because it, too, is a recent invention, a First-World "problem" par excellence, a bastard child of the info age and spoiled entitlement, of having all our basic needs to grossly over-met that we sit around with every possible comfort, gadget, toy and stimuli, complaining of apathy.

    2013 November 27, Mark Morford, “Meditation for the Damned”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2023

    Almost everyone in the tech business talks-the-talk about the info-age bringing benefits to all. In my view Bitwise has come much closer than most to walking-the-walk.

    2019 June 19, James Fallows, “Our Towns: A Tech Company in Fresno Gets Nationwide Reach”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022

Info Age2

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of info age.

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Origin

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APA

info age. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/info%20age

MLA

“info age.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/info%20age. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “info age,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/info%20age.

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