DEFINITION: n. The uneasy comfort that comes from knowing that your family, your friends, the police, the taxman, and every marketer in the world, are using the newest technology track your every move. v. To lose your privacy due to technology.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Snowdonder: /snow dun dur/ The government are Snowonder with details of our lives Etymology: Snowdon, snowed under Created by: galwaywegian.
Scareveillance: / scair-VAYL-ehns/ At first Wilhelmena found the constant scrutiny of her whereabouts and activities to be comforting but as she found it to be more and more intrusive she became somewhat paranoid and began to refer to it as scareveillance, and wished she knew how to put an end to it. Etymology: Blend of ‘scare’ (frighten) and ‘surveillance’ (The act of observing or the condition of being observed) Created by: Mustang.
Kintrusion: /kin tru shun/ Mary’s smart idea of getting an app that spied on her kids was great in theory. However, when you create that kind of a kintrusion, be careful what you wish for, because you might not like what you see, Mary… Etymology: Kin (family) & Intrusion (invasion of privacy) Created by: Nosila.
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