WiFier
See also: wifier
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwaɪ.faɪə(ɹ)/
Noun
WiFier (plural WiFiers)
- (Internet) A user of a Wi-Fi network, particularly a public one.
- 2003, Oliver Burkeman, "Stuff the office - let's all go to the beach", The Guardian, 25 July 2003:
- "Many public WiFiers are salespeople or other professionals on the move who just can't bring themselves to stop working during lunch. So they choose to lunch at a place that also has a connection so they can keep browsing/emailing/whatever while they are shoving that club sandwich down their throats. […]
- 2006 March 2, thom_b, “*SPRING* has *SPRUNG* [end of WW M3]”, in alt.games.video.nintendo.animal-crossing[1] (Usenet):
- Nintendo is *really* determined to annoy non-WiFiers. Anyone who WiFied over the President's Holiday weekend received a Top Hat in the mail from Tortimer. Thanks for all the advance warning, Nintendo.
- 2007, letter to the editor, Austin American-Statesman, 15 February 2007:
- David Lowery complains that single WiFiers won't vacate tables at his favorite coffee shop so other diners can sit down.
- 2003, Oliver Burkeman, "Stuff the office - let's all go to the beach", The Guardian, 25 July 2003: