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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 08:39 am
I'm trying to tease out a curious change (since, oh, ten years ago) in the meaning of the word geek.

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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 01:18 am (UTC)
This pretty much nails my definition: intense/obsessive interest or knowledge in a subject area. Computer geek, math geek, drama geek, etc.

Now, that said, you don't usually talk much about the tractor pull geek, or the cotillions geek, so perhaps there's something else there that's less defineable.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 01:40 am (UTC)
Just because you don't hear about them, doesn't mean they don't exist. They probably wouldn't appreciate the word, but the description would fit.

And, yes, I do know some cotillion geeks. Or, at least, costume and dance (at the same time) geeks. I've got a friend who's a history geek.