techie
/ˈtɛki
/(also techy)
noun (plural techies) informal
A person who is expert in or enthusiastic about technology, especially computing.Usually, only more hardcore computer techies are up to the challenge....
- The techies may well actively resist bad technology with good sales that the executives force down their throats.
- Constant turnover is the rule, as techies go where the coolest technology or most lucrative stock options are.
Origin
1960s: from tech + -ie. First recorded as a US slang term for a technical college student, the word was later used as British service slang, denoting a technician. The current sense dates from the 1980s.
Rhymes
- pseudoquadraphony
- pseudoquadrophony
- pseudorabies
- pseudoracemate
- pseudoracemic
- pseudoramose
- pseudorandom
- pseudorandomly
- pseudorandomness
- pseudo-rational
- pseudo-rationalism
- pseudo-rationalist
- pseudo-rationality
- pseudo-rationalization
- pseudo-ray
- pseudoreaction
- pseudoreduction
- pseudorganic
- pseudorhombohedral
- pseudorotate
- pseudorotated
- pseudorotation
- pseudorutile
- pseudosalt
- pseudoscalar