From Wikipedia
This word comes from English dialect geek, geck: fool, freak; from Low German geck, from Middle Low German. The root geck still survives in Dutch gek: crazy, and in the Alsatian word Gickeleshut: geek's hat, used in carnivals.[2]
Definitions
The definition of geek has changed considerably over time, and there is no longer a definitive meaning. The terms nerd, gimp, dweeb, dork and spod have similar meanings as geek, but many choose to identify different connotations amongst these terms, although the differences are disputed. In a 2007 interview on The Colbert Report, Richard Clarke said the difference between nerds and geeks is "geeks get it done."[3] Julie Smith defined a geek as "a bright young man turned inward, poorly socialized, who felt so little kinship with his own planet that he routinely traveled to the ones invented by his favorite authors, who thought of that secret, dreamy place his computer took him to as cyberspace—somewhere exciting, a place more real than his own life, a land he could conquer, not a drab teenager's room in his parents' house."[4] "Geeks in suits clothing" is phrase which has been used for IT technical stars which also have knowledge about business needs.
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There are enough of us out there that we are no longer loners. We gather in large groups, we are a sub-economy unto ourselves, and we make the world a better place. Odds are you work for geeks at some level of hierarchy. The internet has become our tool, our communications net, and our way of expressing ourselves to the general public in a way they can value. As a group, Geeks no longer care about the disapproval of the masses. Our time has come, and those who can't enjoy geek life are welcome to go elsewhere and do their own stuff.
My daughter (update time), like most young ladies with rampaging hormones, found herself attracted to pretty hunks. She found out, because we told her to talk to the pretty hunks, that way too often pretty is all they have, what they are coasting on, and most of them are bound for dead end lives. She found herself spending more time with her geek friends. She now works, and works hard, as a floor stocker at Fry's. She impresses her bosses and coworkers not only with her ability to work, her quick understanding of every task assigned her, and her refusal to ask someone else to do her job for her because she's cute and female. Then they start talking with her and are awed with her depth of knowledge about computers, film, music, and history. She's already been told she will survive the after-Christmas purge. She is very fond of helping the male geek and nerd customers who have problems expressing themselves. She knows what questions to ask and pulls information out of them better than the regular salespeople. She's proud to be a geek, sees no shame in the classification, and wants to go to film school, not to act, but to write, direct and produce. I think she might live that dream, she has the talent and the brights to do the work, and the charisma to get people to listen to her.
Reportedly, more than once the male geek customers have come back to ask for the pretty redheaded geek girl who helped them last time. I need to get a new picture of her up. It is an inclusive subculture now. From what I've seen lately, a lot of the geeks are helping their nerd friends learn to socialize. Very cool.
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