Siliconite

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who lives or works in Silicon Valley. rare

    "R.U. Sirius, whose journalistic rounds put him in constant contact with Siliconites of all descriptions, says, "In my experience, the most creative people in computers experiment with drugs. It's a very bizarre culture, where the freaks are the elite. […]""

Example

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"R.U. Sirius, whose journalistic rounds put him in constant contact with Siliconites of all descriptions, says, "In my experience, the most creative people in computers experiment with drugs. It's a very bizarre culture, where the freaks are the elite. […]""

Etymology

From silicon + -ite, after Silicon Valley.

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