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单词 nettie
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Nettien.

Brit. /ˈnɛti/, U.S. /ˈnɛdi/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: net n.1, -y suffix6.
Etymology: < net n.1 (see sense 7b at that entry) + -y suffix6, after trekkie n. 2.
Computing slang.
= Netter n.2
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1985 L.A. Drivers in net.flame (Usenet newsgroup) 13 May Any nettie ever driven in Los Angeles?
1994 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Apr. 23 The Netties will retaliate with a ‘bozo filter’, a device which weeds out junk-mail from their letter-box.
1994 Sunday Gaz.-Mail (Charleston, W. Va.) (Nexis) 19 June 3 b Before asking a basic question, the polite nettie ‘FAQ-checks’; that's looking up ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ before posting a query.
1995 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. 16/3 There must be a great play to come about the life of a ‘Nettie’, perhaps Caught in the Net 3?
2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 May a15/6 Pitofsky also recommends that netties be given the right to see what's been collected about them, just as consumers already have the right to read and correct inaccuracies in their credit reports.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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