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Cyber vs Techie - What's the difference?

cyber | techie |

In informal terms the difference between cyber and techie

is that cyber is cybergoth while techie is a person who works on the technical side of events.

As an adjective cyber

is pertaining to the Internet; an alternative spelling of nocap=1|lang=en.

As a verb cyber

is to engage in cybersex.

As a noun techie is

one who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.

cyber

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to the Internet;
  • (informal) Cybergoth.
  • * 1998 , Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines, Gothic: four hundred years of excess, horror, evil, and ruin
  • She is a high priestess of the Church of the SubGenius, a devotee of the music of Tom Waits and Robert Smith, and of goth and cyber subcultures.
  • * 2007 , Tiffany Godoy, Ivan Vartanian, Style Deficit Disorder: Harajuku Street Fashion, Tokyo
  • ...a cross between metal, punk, goth, cyber , and rock.
  • * 2007 , Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture
  • No CyberGoth is complete without gigantic "stompy" platform boots and the optional toy ray gun. Some are even more anachronistic in that they incorporate old Renaissance and Victorian styles into their much-loved cyber wear.

    Derived terms

    * noncyber

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To engage in cybersex.
  • Wanna cyber ?

    See also

    * cyber- *

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    techie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.
  • (informal) A person who works on the technical side of events.