Steampunk

^mf, teasing about Bladerunner I presume?

Check out the film thread Digger... ongoing joke

As far as I know Steam punk was spurred by the collaboration between William Gibson (the originaton of Cyberpunk) and Neil Gaiman; 'The Difference Engine' (which was based on the premise, what if Charles Babbage had been able to do what he said he could?).

Interesting theory. Perhaps the term came about then though the concept went way back I suspect