techie

noun

tech·​ie ˈte-kē How to pronounce techie (audio)
: a person who is very knowledgeable or enthusiastic about technology and especially high technology
techie adjective

Examples of techie in a Sentence

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Here, a cheat sheet on the techies working with Trump. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024 Looking for a gift idea for the techie or student on your list? Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024 Riffing off the plot of The Holiday, the book swaps Clover, a small-town Ohio farmer fresh off a broken engagement with her high-school sweetheart, and Bee, a San Francisco techie who can’t live up to her wealthy parents’ impossible expectations, into each other’s holiday habitats. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024 The recruitment success enjoyed by Tako and its peers speaks to a growing remote work fatigue, particularly in San Francisco, where housing conditions are often cramped and where a high concentration of young, ambitious techies are eager to comingle. Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for techie 

Word History

Etymology

tech- (in technology, technician) + -ie

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of techie was in 1970

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“Techie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/techie. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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