Word of the Day for Tuesday December 20, 2005 digerati \dij-uh-RAH-tee\, plural noun: Persons knowledgeable about computers and technology. As high tech spreads outward from Silicon Valley to American society at large and people spend more and more time in cyberspace, the journalist Paulina Borsook steps back to look at the digerati and their view of the world. --Michiko Kakutani, "Silicon Valley Views the Economy as a Rain Forest," [1]New York Times, July 25, 2000 [T]his week, over 3,000 digerati will converge at a swank theater where chef Julia Child and pundit Arianna Huffington, among others, will judge 135 Web sites. --David Whitman, "The calm before the storms," [2]U.S.News & World Report, May 15, 2000 _________________________________________________________ Digerati was formed by analogy with literati, "persons knowledgeable about literature." References 1. http://www.nytimes.com/ 2. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=digerati Note: Audio pronunciation available only to Premium members. To learn more about the benefits of Premium membership, visit our site: http://dictionary.reference.com/premium/?r=9