Why yes, I did go to Maker's Fair today; why do you ask?

[someotherguy]

Is there a word that means what "Steam punk" would mean if "Steam punk" didn't mean "Random pieces of old broken clocks glued to things more or less at random?"

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"Hey man, lookit this hat with gears all over it! It's sooo steampunk!"

[the_ogre]

"You keep using that word. I don' think it means what you think it means."

IMO steampunk is the word you're looking for. Sadly, it's been overly adopted by goth costumers.

Re: "Hey man, lookit this hat with gears all over it! It's sooo steampunk!"

[ex_serenejo]

I think that was exactly someotherguy's point. :-)