prefix of the year (POTY) - smart

[Tom Zurinskas]

I saw "smartphone" as a generic term first time last  year.  Now smart-TV and smart -glasses (eyeglasses) are happening.  But since these are so smart does it make the opposite dumb:  dumbphones, dumb-TV, dumb-glasses.   Maybe "snail" is appropieate such as for snail-mail.  snail-phones, snail-TV, snail-glasses.  Or are we outsmarting ourselves.
 
Another POTY which is used all the time is "robo".  As a verb?  I roboed myself to work this morning....?
 
Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9. 
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