Definition of techie
:a person who is very knowledgeable or enthusiastic about technology and especially high technology
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A cynic might say that store captures this town in a nutshell: a shop transplanted from Williamsburg to Lawrenceville, the hippest neighborhood in Pittsburgh, selling vintage workwear to the techies who replaced the steelworkers.
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NOLA Profiles is a new series focusing on the creative folks — the artists, writers, musicians, techies and more — who make the Crescent City click.
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NOLA Profiles is a new series focusing on the creative folks — the artists, writers, musicians, techies and more — who make the Crescent City click.
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Some techies also thought the memo, in which Damore wrote that biological differences between men and women are the reason some women might not excel in the tech profession, made fair points.
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Many of Philadelphia’s rising tide of Millennials, who help drive the real estate building boom, are techies.
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Except for the wealthy, the lucky techies and the corporate elite.
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A civil war between the techies that run bitcoin could cause significant disruption of the digital currency by the end of July 2017, possibly leading to wild price swings, transaction delays and even outright losses.
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NOLA Profiles is a new series focusing on the creative folks — the artists, writers, musicians, techies and more — who make the Crescent City click.
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Origin and Etymology of techie
by shortening & alteration from technician
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Definition of techie for English Language Learners
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: someone who knows a lot about technology
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