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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 08:17 am (UTC)
I don't know survivor, it didn't make it across the ocean.
Any sports reference (unless it's a really obscure sport) is pretty much negative points. You might get away with fencing, archery, or something not generally shown on TV.

To me, a geek is someone who delights in geekery. Which in itself was beautifully described by a friend of mine:
"My definition of geekery is pretty much "anything that someone is really into the details of HOW it works." You could be into art, but an art geek knows about pigments and optics or the effect of fashion on art through history, and things like that."