quiche-eater
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quiche-eater
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The idiom derives from the book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982. The computer circle version was popularised by a 1983 article Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, that specifically accuses the creator of the Pascal language, Niklaus Wirth, of being a "quiche eater" due to the nature of Pascal.
noun quiche-eaters
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A man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue.
Similar: cockney
- In computer programming circles, a person far removed from practice and concerned only with academic matters, unwilling to "get their hands dirty".
Similar: pansy, posy sniffer
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noun
Similar: pansy, posy sniffer
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