Poll: Nerd or Geek?
- Thread starter yankeefan19
- Start date
Recommended Videos
My definitions have always been...
Geek: Highly knowledgable and emotionally engaged regarding a specific topic (or certain topics) while maintaining a level of social aptitude allowing easy integration into "real life".
Nerd: Highly knowledgable regarding a specific topic (or a range of topics) without the emotional attachment or passion found in geeks, possibly (probably) due to a degree of social ineptitude.
No offence meant to any of the proud-to-be nerds out there, these are just definitions I've developed after a few years of observation.
Geek: Highly knowledgable and emotionally engaged regarding a specific topic (or certain topics) while maintaining a level of social aptitude allowing easy integration into "real life".
Nerd: Highly knowledgable regarding a specific topic (or a range of topics) without the emotional attachment or passion found in geeks, possibly (probably) due to a degree of social ineptitude.
No offence meant to any of the proud-to-be nerds out there, these are just definitions I've developed after a few years of observation.
okayyy... Who decided that dork means that?Ajna said:Dork can mean "penis" in certain contexts. No joke. [http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Adork&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USGodsOneMistake said:fficial&client=firefox-a]
As for the topic: Geek has a nicer connotation, but nerd more accurately describes me.
OT: Bit of both, but I prefer to be called geek. Nerd sounds like I'm an OCD.
They're two different things. A nerd is a very intelligent or at least very well-read bookworm, stereotypically weak, skinny and bullied.
Geek can easily be defined as: "Someone who prefers the exception rather than the rule." Other definition I liked was "Someone who entertains themselves with unusual activities, has very deep knowledge about a certain endeavour, and generally uses their brain a lot". In that vein, a Geek isn't just a Trekkie, or a very avid gamer. You can have Flying Geeks, who know everything there is about airplanes, but have never flown. There are also musical geeks, TV geeks (I myself am a Lost Geek, among others)
Usually, nerd is despective, but I am proud of being a geek.
Geek can easily be defined as: "Someone who prefers the exception rather than the rule." Other definition I liked was "Someone who entertains themselves with unusual activities, has very deep knowledge about a certain endeavour, and generally uses their brain a lot". In that vein, a Geek isn't just a Trekkie, or a very avid gamer. You can have Flying Geeks, who know everything there is about airplanes, but have never flown. There are also musical geeks, TV geeks (I myself am a Lost Geek, among others)
Usually, nerd is despective, but I am proud of being a geek.
I would say im a geek, though they are two very distinct stereotypes often mistaken for one another by the more ignorant of stereotypes....
