Meaning of Trekky | Babel Free

Examples

“‘Are you a trekky?’ ‘A what?’ ‘Back home we have people called trekkies. They’re crazy about “Star Trek”, you know, they dress up as the characters and stuff.[…]’”

“Johnny would probably understand. He’s a trekky.”

““Eh, Jayne. I see there’s a new Star Trek movie out.” “Is there?” she replied, not taking her eyes off the episode of The Sopranos she was watching. “You’re not a trekky,” she added absently.”

“A flash of lights came on the Starship’s console. Kirk’s lips read, “Excellent.” Bernie asked, “Are you a trekky?” “Not really,” Philip replied.”

“Kirk/Spock in the 1970s is said to have been the first such story, involving characters from the Star Trek television series. It was published in a trekky fanzine. (There is also a distinction between groupy fans of Star Trek, known as trekkies, and more serious followers, known as trekkers. Trekkies say that trekkers are trekkies who are ashamed of being trekkies.)”

“‘So…. those aren’t just stuck on?’ he said slowly, eyes narrowing as he pointed at the tips of her ears that protruded through her reddish brown hair, ‘I kind of hoped she was a trekky or something?’”

“What are the most important reasons that you give yourself for spending so much time in trying to get a successful conclusion to your development project? […] x) The future of this community – for the next generation(s) (no I’m not a trekky)”

“When I got to the white-board at five-thirty, ET was there with several computer printouts he had generated concerning random sightings of UFO's over the previous seventy years. He was looking for points of commonality in the hodge-podge of reports, some of which are available only from classified government data banks, and which are very eye-opening, even to a “trekky.””

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