techno-thriller

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The Word of the Day for October 6 is:

techno-thriller   \TEK-noh-thrill-er\   noun 
     : a work of fiction having a high degree of intrigue, adventure, or 
suspense and a plot that relies on modern technology

Example sentence:
     The techno-thriller's protagonist, equipped with an arsenal of futuristic 
weapons, must prevent a terrorist group's strike on the nation's capital.

Did you know?
     "Techno-thriller" owes a lot to technology. Not only do fictional 
techno-thrillers include a lot of technology in their plots, the word itself 
includes the combining form "techno-," which derives from the word 
"technology." The artistic and literary genre is relatively new and so is the 
word that describes it; the first documented use of "techno-thriller" dates 
from 1986.





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