Softy

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  softy
       n : a person who is weak and excessively sentimental [syn: {softie}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "softy":


     Milquetoast, baby, big baby, chicken, crybaby, doormat, dull tool,
     gutless wonder, invertebrate, jellyfish, lightweight, meek soul,
     milksop, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nebbish, nonentity, pansy,
     pantywaist, pushover, sad sack, sissy, softling, sop, weak sister,
     weakling
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  softy n. [IBM] Hardware hackers' term for a software expert who is
     largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  softy
       
          (IBM) {Hardware} hackers' term for a {software} expert who is
          largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.
       
          (1995-01-11)