I tend to reserve geek for the technological or scientific worlds, myself...
As do I. This may be a generational thing. (After all, I'm trying to figure out to what extent the meaning has *changed*. It sure wasn't about Hollywood when I first learned the word.) I should do another poll with age in it.
Geek is one of those words that seems to change definitions a lot. After all, an older definition would be the carnival geek - the dude who did disgusting sideshow acts.
Just realized I do also use it to denote expert. When I am gaming, a have my canon geeks I go to because I can't remember canon to save my life.
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I think in terms of media we now have fandoms rather than geekdom. I tend to reserve geek for the technological or scientific worlds, myself...
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As do I. This may be a generational thing. (After all, I'm trying to figure out to what extent the meaning has *changed*. It sure wasn't about Hollywood when I first learned the word.) I should do another poll with age in it.
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Just realized I do also use it to denote expert. When I am gaming, a have my canon geeks I go to because I can't remember canon to save my life.