He can do chores enough for his board, if he is techy at all on that pint.'
Being the poorest and most destitute family on the Island they are correspondingly proud and "techy."
"easily irritated," 1592, teachie, in "Romeo & Juliet" I.iii.32; of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle English tatch "a mark, quality," derived via Old French from Vulgar Latin *tecca, from a Germanic source akin to Old English tacen (see token).
one well-versed in the latest technology, by 1984.
noun
A computer enthusiast, expert, etc: But nerds these days aren't what they used to be. Many of these techies who grew up with computers have gotten older and gotten a life/ Or maybe it was when Conde Nast invested in the glossy techies' magazine Wired (1980s+)
adjective
Irritable; irascible; testy: the days when tetchy film crews invaded the center of soporific conferences
[1592+; fr dialect tetched, ''crazy, touched in the head'']
