softy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

softy
    n 1: a person who is weak and excessively sentimental [syn:
         {softy}, {softie}]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

softy
 n.

   [IBM] Hardware hackers' term for a software expert who is largely
   ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

softy

   (IBM) {Hardware} hackers' term for a {software} expert who is
   largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.

   (1995-01-11)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "softy":
      Milquetoast, baby, big baby, chicken, crybaby, doormat, dull tool,
      gutless wonder, invertebrate, jellyfish, lightweight, meek soul,
      milksop, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nebbish, nonentity, pansy,
      pantywaist, pushover, sad sack, sissy, softling, sop, weak sister,
      weakling

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