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Re: Re: Dress Codeby repson (Chaplain) |
on Feb 04, 2001 at 14:38 UTC ( [id://56300]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
That is not at all the definition of geek I subscribe to.
I think a geek is much like a hacker, but is a more general
term. It describes a group of people who are skilled and
interested in a particular area. This area is usually
computers, but like nerd, the work can be used with other
areas. For example an astronomy geek, someone with a passion
and sigificant skills and interest in the area of astronomy.
Here is a supporting argument, which maybe is not quite what I mean when I think of geek, but is closer than the dictionary meaning you quoted. There a several more definitions on everything2
if you search for geek, but here is one
quote I mostly agree with.
However just about every hacker/geek/nerd has a
different idea of what those words mean, and every one
of those meanings in right :)
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