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.’
‘Remember, they are techies and used to the hand-eye coordination of computer games.’
‘As a techie myself, I know that technology is a siren call to be explored and fiddled with.’
‘Just on the off chance that any regular reader happens to be a techy - could anyone offer a suggestion, or even better give me a hand?’
‘Those techies produced the first versions of the captivating game.’
‘I've been locked in a room for 12 months with nothing but geeks and techies for company.’
‘Web logs, for techies, for the media, or just for fun, now number in the millions.’
‘Yeah, I'm sure the techies out there may think I am strange when I say I don't love laptops.’
‘Smart younger people are techies almost by definition, and this is reflected in what they watch and read as well.’
‘It's a marvelous idea, with a huge buzz among techies since its first public release earlier this week.’
‘Power-hungry techies will find this open source aggregator more to their liking.’
‘Yeah, I know it is no big deal to you techies, but for non-geek me, it is an achievement.’
‘He has also come up with what he calls a Holiday Garment, ideal for travelling techies.’
‘Today, it is the city of young and upwardly mobile techies who enrich the local economy.’
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.
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