deskie

English

Etymology

From desk +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.ki/
  • Rhymes: -ɛski
  • Hyphenation: desk‧ie

Noun

deskie (plural deskies)

  1. (informal) Someone who spends most of their time at a desk (usually working)
    • 2024, Lydia Paar, The Exit is the Entrance‎[1], University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 134:
      Being a "deskie," over time, somehow proved simultaneously interesting and dull.
    • 2008, Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press‎[2], Goa1556, →ISBN, page 102:
      This, in the long run, gave me the rich experience of a deskie as well as in reporting, something which no journalism school would probably offer.
  2. (video games, informal) In virtual reality games, one who uses the desktop version of that game.
    Coordinate term: Questie
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