Differentiating “geeks” from… whatever
by Sky on Mar.27, 2010, under Entertainment and Places, Frothy Concepts, TG2009, Traveling Geeks
Have you ever noticed that sometimes when you are described as a geek it’s not exactly a compliment? (I always mean it as a compliment, comeon!) That’s because people don’t fully understand the words nerd, dork, dweeb and geek. Here’s the explanation as a cool Venn diagram.
Thanks to Xeni at BoingBoing for pointing it out. And click the diagram to see how the terms relate.
Also see Traveling Geeks. Not Traveling Dweebs, Traveling Nerds or Traveling Dorks.
And here’s an interesting bestiary of geekdom, listing many different types of geeks. I know a few who fall into some, but not all, of the categories.
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