Words at Play : Top 10 User-Submitted Words, Vol. 5

#10: Cyberchondriac

Definition:

(noun) : one who imagines physical ailments after reading about them on the Internet

Example:

"Lee Gardon, 47, is a recovering cyberchondriac. Despite his doctor's repeated insistence that he was in good health, Gardon could not believe it." – ABCNews.com, May 19, 2007

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