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English
Etymology
Clipping of Microsoft + -ie.
Noun
Softie (plural Softies)
- (business slang) A Microsoft employee.
- Synonym: Microsofter
2008, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era, John Wiley & Sons, page 18:Many Softies believed and continue to believe that Microsoft employees are smarter than everyone else and that the company is a magnet for the brightest, most ambitious tech and marketing experts […]
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English softie.
Pronunciation
Noun
Softie m (strong, genitive Softies, plural Softies)
- (somewhat dated, sometimes derogatory) softy (weak or sentimental man)
- Antonym: Macho
2015 February 12, Verena Friederike Hasel, “Ausgerechnet die Liebe”, in Die Zeit:Auch Parship entwickelt der Psychologe laufend weiter. Ein bisschen ist die Plattform wie ein Seismograf gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen. "Als wir anfingen, haben sich die Frauen Softies gewünscht. Die Frau von heute will den starken Mann an ihrer Seite—und vermännlicht sich selbst, um mit ihm auf gleicher Höhe zu sein."- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Softie” in Duden online
- “Softie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache