Meaning of gee-whizzery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A response of enthusiasm towards surprising and/or technically impressive things.
2. Something that inspires gee-whizzery; something surprising and/or technically impressive.

Examples

“Dicussing the recent history of American cultural studies, Ross finds that it has “rejected the more celebratory, native tradition of gee-whizzery,” by and large.”

“This shift toward the epideictic in popularizations of science—and the sensationalism and gee-whizzery that may result⟳—is, then, not a punishment inflicted on science stories by disdainful or malicious journalists.”

“Though he is given to gee-whizzery about anything “super awesome”—Small amounts of radiation are actually good for you! It’s called radiation hormesis!—he has scant interest⟳ in the specifics of the apps that many YC companies produce⟳; what intrigues him is their potential effect on the world.”

“In the rush⟳ to introduce⟳ new technologies into education—whether inside or outside of Canadian schools—objectives and outcomes can be lost sight of, overwhelmed by the “gee - whizzery” of techno-fetishism, often on the part of educators unfamiliar with, and intimidated by, the new technologies themselves.”

“The density of gee-whizzery in Media Player makes the interface and controls rather cluttered , as you see⟳ in Figure⟳ 10.1.”

“In any applied science it is important not to be seduced by 'gee-whizzery'. Every 'Gee Whiz!' should be accompanied by a 'So what?'”

“The technology need⟳ not be very sophisticated: printed materials for instance can be cost⟳ effective, as attested in the BT and Reuters case studies; or it may encompass the very latest 'gee-whizzery' of satellites (TSB), Intranet (Reuters), videoconferencing (Ulster), etc.”

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