computer geek n.
1. One who eats (computer) bugs for a
living. One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes
about hackers: an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with
all the personality of a cheese grater. Cannot be used by
outsiders without implied insult to all hackers; compare
black-on-black vs. white-on-black usage of `nigger'. A computer
geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a
proto-hacker in larval stage. Also called `turbo nerd',
`turbo geek'. See also propeller head, clustergeeking
geek out, wannabee, terminal
weenie. 2. Some self-described computer geeks use this term
in a positive sense and protest sense 1 (this seems to have
been a post-1990 development). For one such argument, see
http://www.darkwater.com/omni/geek.html. See also
geek code.
1. One who eats (computer) bugs for a
living. One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes
about hackers: an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with
all the personality of a cheese grater. Cannot be used by
outsiders without implied insult to all hackers; compare
black-on-black vs. white-on-black usage of `nigger'. A computer
geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a
proto-hacker in larval stage. Also called `turbo nerd',
`turbo geek'. See also propeller head, clustergeeking
geek out, wannabee, terminal
weenie. 2. Some self-described computer geeks use this term
in a positive sense and protest sense 1 (this seems to have
been a post-1990 development). For one such argument, see
http://www.darkwater.com/omni/geek.html. See also
geek code.
Related:
- computer geek: n. One who eats (computer) bugs for a living
One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes... - turbo nerd n
See computer geek... - geek out: vi. To temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a
non-hackish context
for example at parties held near computer equipment... - spod n.
[UK] 1. A lower form of life found on
talker systems and MUDs
The spod has few friends in RL and uses talkers... - weenie: n. 1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser resembling a
less amusing version of {BIFF} that infests many {BBS}
systems
The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social... - geek out vi.
To temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in
a non-hackish context
for example at parties held near computer equipment... - weenie n.
1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser
resembling a less amusing version of B1FF that infests many
BBS systems
The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social... - nerd n.
1. [mainstream slang] Pejorative applied to anyone
with an above-average IQ and few gifts at small talk and ordinary
social rituals
2. [jargon] Term of praise applied (in conscious ... - geek code n.
(also "Code of the Geeks"). A set of
codes commonly used in sig blocks to broadcast the interests
skills, and aspirations of the poster. Features a...
