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-Someone who is passionate about their technology or field, and is normally quite good a it. For example, a [Hacker] might be a [Geek], but doesn’t necessarily have to, while equally you can have law geeks or astronomy geeks or even rugby geeks.
+Someone who is passionate about their technology or field, and is normally quite good a it. For example, a [Hacker] might be a [Geek], but doesn’t necessarily have to, while equally you can have law geeks or astronomy geeks or even rugby geeks. Some [Geek]s resent the term and would prefer something more glamarous to replace it, like William Gibson's <i>Cowboys</i>, but many view it as a compliment – a statement of respect towards one's ability or knowledge
.
-Some [Geek]s resent the term and would prefer something more glamarous to replace it
, like William Gibson's <i>Cowboys</i>. Others view [Geek] as a compliment, not an insult – a statement of respect towards one's ability or knowledge. Being called
a [Nerd], however, gets these
[Geek]s riled up
. [Nerd] tends to be a word reserved for someone
who is tied up in their passion so much
they don't see anything else;
like time for PersonalHygiene or stepping into the BigBlueRoom.
+In pre-InterNet land
, a [Nerd] and a
[Geek] were roughly the same thing
. Today, a
[Nerd] is the stereotypical RPG-playing social outcast
who is so
tied up in their passion they don't see anything else,
like making
time for PersonalHygiene or stepping into the BigBlueRoom.
-"The difference between a geek
and a [Nerd] is that the geek can get chicks."
+"The difference between a [Geek]
and a [Nerd] is that the geek can get chicks."
! See also
* GeeksAndGirls
-* [
LinuxGeeks]
+* LinuxGeeks
* [Geekerata]
