trekky

English

Etymology

From Trek +‎ -y.

Adjective

trekky (comparative more trekky, superlative most trekky)

1. Characteristic of Star Trek.
   • 1990 May 15, Hospital Practice, page 130:

     But our genes are mutable, and like the mutant hamster, we could still be attuned to another planet by a trekky travel clock.

   • 2009, Kirtsy Takes a Bow: A Celebration of Women’s Favorites Online, Houston, Tex.: Bright Sky Press, →ISBN, page 120:

     DO NOT wear a trekky looking Bluetooth earpiece, unless you are strutting through a Star Trek convention.

   • 2015, Guy Collins, Faithful Doubt: The Wisdom of Uncertainty, ISD LLC, →ISBN:

     With barely any religion in Star Trek (exceptions are made for fraudulent religion) there is also no hint of mystery. Everything in the trekky world can be understood.

   • 2016, Lliana Bird, Jack Lewis, The Mice Who Sing for Sex, Sphere, →ISBN, page 292:

     A Trekky-style transporter is unlikely to exist in our lifetimes, if ever, but it’s clear that popular culture has an influence on the direction of scientific experimentation (and vice versa!).

   • 2019, Tarek El-Ariss, Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age, Princeton, N.J., Oxford: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 178:

     When online, we encounter writing systems and heroic fantasies that come from the past but also from the future, as Snowden describes the trekky fantasy of the NSA chief.

   • 2021, Paul Stansby, The Dimension Hopper & the Outer Space Guys:

     A trekky appearance, I’ve seen those movies and Jupiter Rising, no doubt have jet boots, […]

   • 2022, Curtis Wilbur, Tides of Air: An Inferno-Earth Series Novel, →ISBN:

     Well, I thought the trekky look of a communicator that you whack to activate was kind of a cool idea.

Noun

trekky (plural trekkies)

1. Alternative form of Trekkie (“a fan of Star Trek”).
   • 1989, Adam Lively, The Burnt House, Vintage, published 1993, →ISBN, page 38:

     ‘Are you a trekky?’ ‘A what?’ ‘Back home we have people called trekkies. They’re crazy about “Star Trek”, you know, they dress up as the characters and stuff. […]’

   • 2001, Merrilee Moss, Fedora Walks, Spinifex Press, →ISBN, page 40:

     Johnny would probably understand. He’s a trekky.

   • 2003, Suzanne Higgins, The Woman he Loves, Poolbeg Press, →ISBN, page 199:

     “Eh, Jayne. I see there’s a new Star Trek movie out.” “Is there?” she replied, not taking her eyes off the episode of The Sopranos she was watching. “You’re not a trekky,” she added absently.

   • 2004, Evelyn Cole, A Tough Journey: To the Heart of Happiness, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, pages 237–238:

     A flash of lights came on the Starship’s console. Kirk’s lips read, “Excellent.” Bernie asked, “Are you a trekky?” “Not really,” Philip replied.

   • 2005, The Spectator, page 24, column 1:

     Kirk/Spock in the 1970s is said to have been the first such story, involving characters from the Star Trek television series. It was published in a trekky fanzine. (There is also a distinction between groupy fans of Star Trek, known as trekkies, and more serious followers, known as trekkers. Trekkies say that trekkers are trekkies who are ashamed of being trekkies.)

   • 2006, Neil A. Harris, The Council of Elders (The Halfling Chronicles), AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 106:

     ‘So…. those aren’t just stuck on?’ he said slowly, eyes narrowing as he pointed at the tips of her ears that protruded through her reddish brown hair, ‘I kind of hoped she was a trekky or something?’

   • 2009, Geoff Fagan, Liberation and Discourse in Community Learning and Development: An Application of Liberational and Discourse Theory to Community Capacity Building Through Non-Formal Learning in Rural Scotland, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, →ISBN, page 256:

     What are the most important reasons that you give yourself for spending so much time in trying to get a successful conclusion to your development project? […] x) The future of this community – for the next generation(s) (no I’m not a trekky)

   • 2015, Karl Hemeyer, Saturn’s Sisters: A Bedtime Story, Lulu, →ISBN:

     When I got to the white-board at five-thirty, ET was there with several computer printouts he had generated concerning random sightings of UFO's over the previous seventy years. He was looking for points of commonality in the hodge-podge of reports, some of which are available only from classified government data banks, and which are very eye-opening, even to a “trekky.”