Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Luddite ~ an odd word

lud·dite /ˈləˌdīt/ noun = (derogatory) a person opposed to new technology or ways of working.  Example:  "When I tried to explain that I could send one of my neighbors a link to my blog, he called himself a luddite and said he couldn't understand technical stuff.  Though I knew the meaning of that word, I had never, ever heard it spoken by anyone.

A cartoon in a 2019 issue of The New York Times showed a character carrying a sign that says, "The internet is a fad."  It illustrated an opinion piece entitled:  "Luddites Shall Inherit the Earth."  The sub-title was "Someone will have to call our landlines to tell us it’s ours now."  Here is Dictionary.com's definition:



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