yettie

a young person who owns or runs a technology company

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IN THE PRESS

"He carries a black computer bag stitched with a company name, has tightly cropped hair, wears tiny black glasses and frequently talks into a mobile phone about a double-chip switching router. Everyone has met him: he is a yettie, a Young, Entrepreneurial, Tech-based Twenty-something, and can be found tapping into his Psion while sipping a vodka and cranberry in a bar near you."

(Rupert Steiner in "Enter the abominable yettie" Sunday Times London February 13, 2000)

WORDWISE: This interesting construction is from the phrase "young, entrepreneurial, tech-based twenty-something" - we wonder if it will become as popular as "yuppie"

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