As the article mentions, "-stat", and "-matic" are two other suffixes that were used to convey high-tech in the mid 20th century. Another one was "-rama" (presumably derived from the Cinerama panoramic technology created to attract viewers back to movie theaters in the 1950s when TV was beginning to take away their audiences).
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As the article mentions, "-stat", and "-matic" are two other suffixes that were used to convey high-tech in the mid 20th century. Another one was "-rama" (presumably derived from the Cinerama panoramic technology created to attract viewers back to movie theaters in the 1950s when TV was beginning to take away their audiences).
Or even Futurama from 1939: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama_(New_York_World%27s_F...
Or -ola a few decades before - Pianola, Motorola, Victrola, Crayola, Granola, Cola...
Emblems of "newness", like coolness, lose that quality pretty quickly. Even post-modern is old hat.
What currently connotes newness? Or is the present age so dystopian and pessimistic that we lack one?