[infecto]

Never have even heard of the word before.

[swiftcoder]

The term is nearly old enough to have a driving license - google glass came out 14 years ago

[infecto]

Ahh maybe that’s it. Old slang that’s not used often enough these days.

[swiftcoder]

Good luck reading an article about Meta Raybans without running into the term. That said, the whole smartglasses thing seems to be pretty dead as a concept - at least in part because public opinion is not on the side of folks wandering around with stealthy cameras on their faces

[infecto]

I have actually looked into meta glasses a number of times. Never saw the term. Learn something new everyday thanks for sharing this old term with the group!

[sigzero]

Then you haven't been paying attention.

[infecto]

Maybe you are in bubble? Looks like it’s really old slang and I have not heard that word in the last decade in Silicon Valley or elsewhere.

[iamnothere]

It was never common slang. A few journalists tried to force it to be “a thing” but it never caught on, because forced memes never work.

(I do hate camera glasses though.)

[layer8]

It has had a revival with the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. I don't know about Silicon Valley, but you frequently see it in tech-oriented forums when the topic comes up.