a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
n. a student in a technical or engineering college. : Of course, one groovy guy proves that techies aren't nerds, right?
n. a person with technical skills or knowledge. : The techies say it should work, theoretically, that is.
mod. having to do with technical people or things. : I don't like this techie jargon.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
One must make techie connections if one is not a techie oneself.
His latest effort combines some nifty techie tricks with the dual trends of cheapening storage and broadband growth.
Practically anything you can imagine, from techie trinkets to professional gear, is right at your fingertips.
But now, consumer review blog sites give hundreds of early adopter techie experience blogs in the first days.
What was removed from the bag wasn't a high-tech techie gadget.
For the chic techie on the go, nothing less will do.
We also don't post about cyberpunk and techie stuff because it's covered better elsewhere.
Techie language aside, that explanation is problematic.