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A person whose opposition to technology manifests itself in, among other things, a preference for pencils. [Blend of lead and luddite.)
Example Citation:
There are still glitches, and still proud e-mail holdouts: pencil-pushing "Leadites" determined to use up that Crane's stationery.
—Susan Yerkes, "Push, drag, click: There's no 'e' lunch," San Antonio Express-News, May 24, 1998
—Susan Yerkes, "Push, drag, click: There's no 'e' lunch," San Antonio Express-News, May 24, 1998
Earliest Citation:
Yes, there really is a Lead Pencil Club, complete with an anti-electronics-age manifesto and T-shirts. Some members of the new Leadite Movement are more serious than others in their objections to cyberculture.
—Mike Maza, "Help yourself," The Dallas Morning News, May 19, 1996
—Mike Maza, "Help yourself," The Dallas Morning News, May 19, 1996
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