WiFier
nounUK, US /ˈwaɪ.faɪə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Wi-Fi + -er.
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Internet A user of a Wi-Fi network, particularly a public one.
- "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. […]2003 July 25, Oliver Burkeman, “Stuff the office - let's all go to the beach”, in The Guardian:
- 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.2006 March 2, thom_b, “*SPRING* has *SPRUNG* [end of WW M3]”, in alt.games.video.nintendo.animal-crossing (Usenet):
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- DTV encrypts their signal, they take active measures to prevent theft. WiFiers can do the same.2006 October 3, Jerry Osage, “Re: WIFI---is it LEGAL to use an open signal?”, in rec.outdoors.rv-travel (Usenet):
- David Lowery complains that single WiFiers won't vacate tables at his favorite coffee shop so other diners can sit down.2007 February 15, letter to the editor, Austin American-Statesman: