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Future Insults
(n.)
Someone who adopts every new technology, device, or trend due to their compulsive need to always be seen to be first.
The adopster's unboxing video ran four minutes longer than the total time he ever spent using the device.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
Being an early adopter has long been a badge of honour in the tech world. The -ster suffix ( huckster, hipster, mobster ) inverts it: the adopster is the tech-loving hipster, who flaunts their early access invites and beta tester badges without ever going deeper.
Future Words: A Non-Obvious Glossary of Terms That Don’t Exist (But Soon Will) collects all 100, each with its example sentence and coinage notes, from the bestselling authors of The Future Normal. Hardcover, October 20, 2026.