digerati

What it means

1. colloquialpluralplural onlyPeople who are considered the elite in using computers and the Internet.

   The digerati Wired reader is a demographic dream: a 34-year-old man in upper management with a household income of more than $80,000 and a job that includes recommending or actually buying expensive digital equipment.

   1995 May 21, Paul Keegan, “The Digerati!”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: technorati

In a sentence

The digerati Wired reader is a demographic dream: a 34-year-old man in upper management with a household income of more than $80,000 and a job that includes recommending or actually buying expensive digital equipment.

1995 May 21, Paul Keegan, “The Digerati!”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Where it comes from

Blend of digital + literati, modeled after glitterati.