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A computer small enough to nag you on your wrist instead of your desk.
means An electronic device, like a smartwatch or fitness tracker, designed to be worn on the body and often used to track data or deliver notifications.
from Simply built from 'wear' (Old English 'werian', meaning to carry on the body as clothing) plus the suffix '-able', meaning capable of. The word existed for ordinary clothing long before tech marketers seized it in the late 20th century to brand computers small enough to strap on.
- origin point
- Calculator watches in the 1980s started this arms race
- real purpose
- Mostly tells you how poorly you slept
- irony
- Tracks health obsessively while you stare at it stressed
- battery truth
- Smarter the watch, shorter the life