stiffy, noun
- Origin:
- Named for the rigidity of the plastic in which it is encased, as opposed to the flexible casing of the larger disk or ‘floppy’.
A 3 1/2-inch (9 cm) computer diskette, contained in a rigid casing. Also attributive.
1993 Weekly Mail 18 June (Suppl.) 8As a profession it is only lawyers who will still giggle hysterically when confronted with computer speak such as ‘stiffy’ and ‘floppy’.
1994 C. Muller Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)I’ll just boot it from your stiffy drive so that we can see whether you can connect to the network.
A 3 1/2-inch (9 cm) computer diskette, contained in a rigid casing. Also attributive.
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