Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Late 20th century ·1994
Cybercafe
cyber- cafe
- Meaning
- A café offering paid internet access to patrons.
- Source words
- cyber- + cafe
- Coined by
- Eva Pascoe
- Year
- 1994
Background
Pascoe co-founded Cyberia in London in 1994, the first commercial cybercafe. The concept peaked around 2000 and then collapsed as home broadband spread; the word survives largely as a historical marker.
Late 20th century
Marketing, media, and the early internet. Infomercial, emoticon, workaholic — the coinages name phenomena of mass media and white-collar life. Several predate the decades they're associated with.
Two words, one coinage.
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