steampunk

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Well integrated and useful and current and old and clunky - what steampunk would look like if it was software.

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Quick take

(countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of steampunk gathered in one view.

noun

(countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.

noun

(countable, cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

verb

(transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for steampunk.

noun

(countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.

noun

(countable, cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

verb

(transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner.

noun

(uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.

Example sentences

Well integrated and useful and current and old and clunky - what steampunk would look like if it was software.

It's not precisely steampunk in the sense that you don't have too many sentient barrels running around, but it's impressive.

Slouching Towards Bedlam [4] is another good entry in the mystery/horror genre, featuring steampunk themes.

Might as well make the exterior copper as well, like a steampunk tardis.

It was funny in a steampunk / Fallout kind of way.

Model trains enjoy a certain amount of popularity in other places, and Europe has a massive sci-fi/fantasy/steampunk model community which is also mirrored in the US.

Some interesting steampunk science fiction could be written around that.

We have one of those in our steampunk telegraph office[2], connected to a 1970s Singapore-made imitation of a 1930s French phone equipped with a Japan-style telephone plug.

/s The phone looked good but it seems to be made for a market of steampunk fans and cosplayers.

I met the CEO once at a steampunk convention, before the shutdown.

(I'm into Teletype restoration and steampunk.) A low-cost little home CNC mill would be nice for making small metal parts.

I just use it for a fun application; I have it connected to a 1930s Teletype machine at steampunk conventions, so people can send in telegrams to be hand-delivered.

Quote examples

Great article because (1) scrapple is great, and (2) the article shows human nature to be a constant: "[a] steampunk prototype for online food discussion.