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Microsoftie en · NOUN

Etymology

From Microsoft + -ie.

Meanings

1. (informal) An employee of Microsoft.
   • Craig Mundie, the software giant's chief technical officer, is not a typical Microsoftie. 1990, The Economist:
   • This style of naming variables was called Hungarian notation, after Charles Simonyi, a famous Microsoftie who recently went to the International Space Station as a space tourist. 2008, Chuck Sphar, Stephen Randy Davis, C# 2008 for Dummies:
   • An ex-Microsoftie named Alex St. John, who founded a company called WildTangent, put it this way, "I couldn't be better equipped to run a company." 2002, David F D'Alessandro, Michele Owens, Brand Warfare:
   • In the years since, I’ve had the privilege of working with many exceptional human beings, including Hubbers, Microsofties, customers, partners, our GitHub Stars, open-source maintainers, and developers around the world who’ve helped us shape GitHub. 2025 August 11, Thomas Dohmke, “Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️”, in The GitHub Blog, retrieved 12 Aug 2025:

Forms

Synonyms

Microsofter · Softie