LOL word of the day today
luddite
PRONUNCIATION:
(LUHD-yt)
MEANING:
noun: One who opposes or avoids the use of new technology.
ETYMOLOGY:
After the Luddites, name taken by textile workers in England during 1811-1816 who destroyed machinery that was displacing them. They took the name after one Ned Ludd, whose identity is not clear. Ned Ludd is said to have destroyed, in a fit of insanity, a knitting frame in 1779. In response to the Luddites, the British parliament passed the Frame Breaking Act which made the destroying of knitting frames punishable by death.
I guess he was more of a needles only kind of guy
Source : A.Word.A.Day
eta: *SIGH* I can't believe I'm defending TECHNOLOGY on the INTERNET. Ironic.
PRONUNCIATION:
(LUHD-yt)
MEANING:
noun: One who opposes or avoids the use of new technology.
ETYMOLOGY:
After the Luddites, name taken by textile workers in England during 1811-1816 who destroyed machinery that was displacing them. They took the name after one Ned Ludd, whose identity is not clear. Ned Ludd is said to have destroyed, in a fit of insanity, a knitting frame in 1779. In response to the Luddites, the British parliament passed the Frame Breaking Act which made the destroying of knitting frames punishable by death.
I guess he was more of a needles only kind of guy
Source : A.Word.A.Day
eta: *SIGH* I can't believe I'm defending TECHNOLOGY on the INTERNET. Ironic.