Citations:techbro

English citations of techbro

Noun: "(slang) a dudebro involved in technology and/or the tech industry"

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• 2015, Charles Donelan, "Inside the Tiny House Project", Santa Barbara Independent, 19 February 2015:

  When he graduated from UCSB’s MFA program with a degree in new media, rather than moving to Los Angeles or New York to seek gallery representation or to Silicon Valley to become a typical techbro, Silva opened a thrift store in Old Town Goleta.

• 2015, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, "On Guard: Is Leap Muni’s Uber moment?", The San Fransisco Examiner, 23 March 2015:

  Reclaimed wood tables. Leather seats. Iced tea and Wi-Fi. Stepping onto a Leap bus is like visiting the trendy, obnoxious coffee shop that displaced your favorite Mission hangout three years ago, only now it’s on wheels — don’t drop your coffee, techbro!

• 2015, Alison Hallett, "Rich Dude's Lament", The Source Weekly, Volume 19, Issue 18, 30 April 2015, page 46:

  If you're not innately drawn to the premise, however, it's hard to get too excited about Adult Beginners, in which richy rich techbro Jake (Nick Kroll) accidentally goes humiliatingly broke and moves back to his hometown to live with his sister (Rose Byrne) and her family.

• 2015, Elspeth Reeve, "A Makeover Story: Homicidal Sexbot Edition", The New Republic, 19 May 2015:

  She discovers a room with closets holding switched-off robot women, her techbro creator’s previous attempts to create artificial intelligence.

• 2015, Jeremy Lybarger, "I, Dolores", SF Weekly, Volume 34, Number 24, 2 July 2015 - 8 July 2015, page 6:

  Dolores Park has played an outsized role in San Francisco's culture war. Its evolution from verdant ghetto to neighborhood jewel to hipster-frat-techbro colony parallels the city's recent socioeconomic turbulence.

• 2019 April 11, Nick Spencer, Astonishing Ant-Man: The Complete Collection, Marvel Entertainment, →ISBN:

  ... Or schemers like The Power Broker and his Hench app techbros, more recently. Had to deal With them For years now. But the one that finally got the better of me? My daughter, Cassie.

• 2020 July 28, Lauren Beukes, Afterland, Mulholland Books, →ISBN:

  ... techbros, CEOs, government officials, and military higher-ups barricaded themselves away from the virus. And died anyway. And then Rico emerges from the bathroom, stashing her phone in her jacket pocket with an expression that tells […]

• 2023 October 3, Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw, The Dead Take the A Train, Tor Nightfire, →ISBN:

  Nine times out of ten, their concerns were entirely petty. Just insecure socialites and overpaid techbros wanting to feel important. That said, three complaints were three complaints and […]