The New Hacker's Dictionary, 3rd Ed., 1996, Eric S. Raymond:
- Doesn't define "geek" alone,
- Does define "computer geek" as:
"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.
..."
Sounds like we're in trouble, right?!
James Willing wrote:
>
> Appearing quite stylish at work this week in my 'Geek' t-shirt from the
> VCF, someone approached with a somewhat unexpected question:
>
> "So, what does 'Geek' mean anyway?"
>
> Ummmm.... (nervous pause)...
>
> G enuinely
> E nthuastic
> E lectronics
> K eeper
>
> (best I could come up with on short notice)
>
> Any other 'takes' on a definition for this? (word rather than concept)
>
> -jim
>
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Received on Sun Oct 04 1998 - 15:08:28 BST