trekky

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1. Characteristic of Star Trek.

   A trekky appearance, I’ve seen those movies and Jupiter Rising, no doubt have jet boots, […]

   2021, Paul Stansby, The Dimension Hopper & the Outer Space Guys

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   But our genes are mutable, and like the mutant hamster, we could still be attuned to another planet by a trekky travel clock.

   1990 May 15, Hospital Practice, page 130

   DO NOT wear a trekky looking Bluetooth earpiece, unless you are strutting through a Star Trek convention.

   2009, Kirtsy Takes a Bow: A Celebration of Women’s Favorites Online, Houston, Tex.: Bright Sky Press, →ISBN, page 120

   With barely any religion in Star Trek (exceptions are made for fraudulent religion) there is also no hint of mystery. Everything in the trekky world can be understood.

   2015, Guy Collins, Faithful Doubt: The Wisdom of Uncertainty, ISD LLC, →ISBN

   A Trekky-style transporter is unlikely to exist in our lifetimes, if ever, but it’s clear that popular culture has an influence on the direction of scientific experimentation (and vice versa!).

   2016, Lliana Bird, Jack Lewis, The Mice Who Sing for Sex, Sphere, →ISBN, page 292

   When online, we encounter writing systems and heroic fantasies that come from the past but also from the future, as Snowden describes the trekky fantasy of the NSA chief.

   2019, Tarek El-Ariss, Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age, Princeton, N.J.; Oxford: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 178

plural trekkies

1. alternativeAlternative form of Trekkie (“a fan of Star Trek”).

   Johnny would probably understand. He’s a trekky.

   2001, Merrilee Moss, Fedora Walks, Spinifex Press, →ISBN, page 40

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   ‘Are you a trekky?’ ‘A what?’ ‘Back home we have people called trekkies. They’re crazy about “Star Trek”, you know, they dress up as the characters and stuff.[…]’

   1989, Adam Lively, The Burnt House, Vintage, published 1993, →ISBN, page 38

   “Eh, Jayne. I see there’s a new Star Trek movie out.” “Is there?” she replied, not taking her eyes off the episode of The Sopranos she was watching. “You’re not a trekky,” she added absently.

   2003, Suzanne Higgins, The Woman he Loves, Poolbeg Press, →ISBN, page 199

   A flash of lights came on the Starship’s console. Kirk’s lips read, “Excellent.” Bernie asked, “Are you a trekky?” “Not really,” Philip replied.

   2004, Evelyn Cole, A Tough Journey: To the Heart of Happiness, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, pages 237–238

   Kirk/Spock in the 1970s is said to have been the first such story, involving characters from the Star Trek television series. It was published in a trekky fanzine. (There is also a distinction between groupy fans of Star Trek, known as trekkies, and more serious followers, known as trekkers. Trekkies say that trekkers are trekkies who are ashamed of being trekkies.)

   2005, The Spectator, page 24, column 1

   ‘So…. those aren’t just stuck on?’ he said slowly, eyes narrowing as he pointed at the tips of her ears that protruded through her reddish brown hair, ‘I kind of hoped she was a trekky or something?’

   2006, Neil A. Harris, The Council of Elders (The Halfling Chronicles), AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 106