Dec 8, 2007

To geek or not to geek

What does the word "geek" mean nowadays?

It's used in so many contexts by so many people, that it has outperformed it's semantical purpose, the situation reaching the point in which most of us can be categorized as a type of geeks.

Wikipedia sheds some light: "The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as "a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual"."

Watch the following picture for different types of geeks (click for bigger picture):What kind of geek are you?

- source : YourPics2008 -

2 comments:

Vash said...

If that's the case, and everyone is a different kind of geek, then I'm an mmo and a warhammer geek. :P

Moony said...

well, I guess I'm the Potter and the MMO type then :))