compusex

compusex

English

Etymology

Blend of computer +‎ sex

Noun

compusex (uncountable)

1. (dated, rare) cybersex
   • 1994, Julius Lukasiewicz, Ignorance Explosion: Understanding Industrial Civilization (page 71)

     One of the more bizarre aspects of America's love affair with the personal computer is the growing popularity of CompuSex. This is a new form of erotic entertainment in which consenting computer owners exchange X-rated messages over the telephone lines […]

   • 1984, Time magazine, cited in 1996, Rob Kling, Computerization and Controversy (page 540)

     In one case, cited by several sources, a woman became so involved as Joan's compusex lover that she was on the verge of leaving her husband.

   • 2007, Jeffrey Weeks, The World We Have Won: The Remaking of Erotic and Intimate Life

     We now have cybersex, cyber-stalking, cyber-rape, cyber-victims, cyber-porn, cyber-voyeurism, compu-sex, sex chat rooms, sex newsgroups, sex bulletin boards, camcorder sex, virtual sex, cyborgs, blogs, MySpace, YouTube...