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softie

noun

Etymology

Clipping of Microsoft + -ie or from Microsoftie.

  1. derived from *semptio-✻
  2. inherited from *samft(ī)✻
  3. inherited from sōfte
  4. inherited from softe
  5. suffixed as softie — “soft + ie”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of soft girl.

  2. Alternative form of softy.

  3. A Microsoft employee.

    • Many Softies believed and continue to believe that Microsoft employees are smarter than everyone else and that the company is a magnet for the brightest, most ambitious tech and marketing experts[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA