twidget n. a soldier or other military individual whose job primarily involves using or maintaining electronics. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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n.— «A twidget was anybody who wasn’t an engineer, and therefore, according to the snipes, not a real man.» —by P.T. Deutermann Edge of Honor May 1, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
twidget n.— «At this evening’s muster, ET2 Fred Larousse, one of Cushing’s twidgets—electronic technicians—and the senior man on the BAF, was holding forth on the subject of security alerts.» —by Douglas Morgan Tiger...
twidget n.— «As the Marines laughingly said, once they had become fans of the use of sensors, “If you want it done right, keep the ‘twidgets’ out of the field!”» —by Alex Lee Force Recon Command: 3D Force Recon...
twidget n.— «Cullen was a “twidget”—someone who made fine adjustments to computers rather than turning a wrench to fix the ship’s heavy equipment.» —“Cullen ‘kind of an oddball’ in Navy” by Peter...