digerati

English

Alternative forms

• digirati, digiterati

Etymology

Blend of digital +‎ literati, modeled after glitterati.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪdʒɪˈɹɑːti/

Noun

digerati pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial) People who are considered the elite in using computers and the Internet.

   Synonym: technorati

   • 1995 May 21, Paul Keegan, “The Digerati!”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The digerati Wired reader is a demographic dream: a 34-year-old man in upper management with a household income of more than $80,000 and a job that includes recommending or actually buying expensive digital equipment.

Related terms

• glitterati
• literati

Further reading

• digerati on Wikipedia.Wikipedia