twidget

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 Hall Express-Times (N.J.) June 20, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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