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In US Navy slang, a reference to persons of the Electronics Technician (ET) rating, exclusively. Often used derisively.
Nukes come in three flavors:knuckle-draggers, wire-biters, and twidgets.
A person who works or maintains electronic equipment, always carring a tweeker in his breast pocket.
While skylarking around, petty officer James lost his tweeker, forcing him to search the ship for a fellow twidget to help him fix his raido.
An online application widget designed for use in conjunction with a person's twitter account. Similar to widgets used for blogs; often called, blidgets.
The twitter-based application widget, twhirl, is an example of a handy twidget.