Unix weenie
- noun
- /ˈjuːnɪks ˈwiːni/
- Offensive
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obseso de Unix (despectivo)
- Everyone in the IT department calls Sarah the resident Unix weenie because of her passion for shell scripts.
Examples
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That new hire is a real Unix weenie—he even refuses to use Windows for email.
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Back in the 1990s, being a Unix weenie was almost a badge of honor among hackers.
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Don't be such a Unix weenie!
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Many Unix weenies refuse to use Windows.
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Everyone in the IT department calls Sarah the resident Unix weenie because of her passion for shell scripts.
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That new hire is a real Unix weenie—he even refuses to use Windows for email.
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Back in the 1990s, being a Unix weenie was almost a badge of honor among hackers.
How Enthusiastic
Surface Forms
Morphology
UNIX + weenie
A learner who knows UNIX (the operating system) and 'weenie' (slang for a person seen as weak, nerdy, or overly obsessed) can plausibly infer that 'Unix weenie' labels a person associated with or excessively into Unix. However, the exact evaluative nuance (pejorative, humorous, or indicating fanatic devotion and exclusion of other systems) is slangy and culture-specific, so the full meaning is not wholly predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Unix weenie comes from Unix plus weenie, where a weenie is a little sausage and a joking name for someone who is too excited about one thing. One popular image is of a person who only eats their favourite food, so a Unix weenie means someone who loves Unix so much they 'ignore other systems'.