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  • noun Alternative form of propeller head.

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Examples

  • Unless you count me, she was the only propeller-head in a roomful of Suits.

    The Internet and Productivity, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • I don't take seriously the 70,000 barrel estimate that NPR reported the other day: That's a number from a propeller-head who seemed to have a magic software program that no one else had, and who did not, as far as I can tell, correct for the fact that there's a mixture of oil, gas, water and sediment coming out of the pipe.

    Gulf oil spill imperils Justin Bieber 2010

  • Mark Pack (the party's Head of Innovation - or 'propeller-head in chief') and I have worked together on various projects for a couple of years now.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Stephen Tall 2007

  • I. Magaziner (+, -) Health-care propeller-head looking for liftoff.

    100 Days Edition 2008

  • Unfortunately, at least on the Mac, you have to be a little bit of a propeller-head to use it, as it runs under the X11 Windows GUI, not the usual Mac eye-candy.

    Free Photoshop. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Professor, I realize you're not a propeller-head and probably not inclined, for example, to playing with shell scripts via the Terminal, but I make the plea that you not give up on sources of software other than Apple.

    Leopard. Ann Althouse 2007

  • News for you, propeller-head: Most of the world is several years behind the edge. reply

    Overview: The End of Paper TV Guides Michael Arrington 2005

  • Mac users, in turn, are inclined to mock PC loyalists as propeller-head Neanderthals who read computer manuals in their spare time and fear change, says Song.

    Low End Mac 2010

  • In that spirit, Paul and Carman will be supporting propeller-head beanies, tossing beach balls, waving signs and exhorting geeks, nerds, and the Luddites who love them to tell Google:

    The Union - All Categories By Tom Durkin Special to The Union 2010

  • By pilfering the clinical side of the house, he was certainly doing what works best for IT, as I've heard it said a thousand times that any CIO would rather turn a clinician into a tech-head, than teach a propeller-head how doctors work and, almost as important, think.

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs Anthony Guerra 2010

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