Meanings
plural deskies
- informalSomeone who spends most of their time at a desk (usually working)
Being a "deskie," over time, somehow proved simultaneously interesting and dull.
2024, Lydia Paar, The Exit is the Entrance, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 1341 more example
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.
2008, Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press, Goa1556, →ISBN, page 102 - informalvideo gamesIn virtual reality games, one who uses the desktop version of that game.
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