softy

English

Noun

softy (plural softies)

1. A weak or sentimental person.
2. Somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish.
3. (computing, slang) A software expert who is ignorant of the workings of hardware.

Translations

weak or sentimental person

• Finnish: nynny (fi), pehmo (fi), pehmoilija (fi)
• Irish: leibide (ga) f

• Russian: слабак (ru) (slabák) m, тряпка (ru) (trjápka) f (feminine form but used in reference to both males and females)

somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish

software expert ignorant of hardware