Felicia Day

I think the whole definition of a geek is somebody being passionate and focused, and being proud of saying that they're passionate and focused, on a narrow range of subjects.

American Actress

Harry Lloyd

The whole world of 'Game of Thrones' was realized with such detail, with directors and writers who really geeked out and really loved all the little bits of it.

English Actor

Robert Kazinsky

I'm a geek - I read fantasy novels, I play 'World of Warcraft,' I'm a massive gamer, I have 'Star Trek' outfits.

Gerald Green

I kind of like being geeked up. I think that's the type of personality I have anyway.

American Athlete

Michael Kiwanuka

I'm not really into the rock n' roll lifestyle; I'm a music geek!

British Musician

Dawn Richard

The black geeks of the world, we feel like we don't have a home.

American Musician

Jamie Campbell Bower

I'm hardly the sexiest man in the world. I'm a bit of a geek.

Al Yankovic

I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.

American Comedian

Cindy Morgan

The geeks shall inherit the earth - I've always said that.

Jay Sean

English Musician

Implies admiration for deep knowledge or passion in a subject.

Positive Connotation

Often associated with fans of video games, comics, or technology.

Pop Culture

Indicates expertise in a niche, not general knowledge.

Specialized Knowledge

May hint at undesirable traits, but often used playfully among friends.

Negative Impression

Sometimes used to describe those who have difficulty in social situations.

Social Awkwardness

Origins relate more to bizarre acts rather than current techie or intellectual meaning.

Historical Usage

Old-fashioned and associated with grotesque circus acts.

Circus Associations

 For me, it was easy. All I really needed was someone to reassure me that somehow I was a normal part of the universe. But I didn't feel like I could talk to anyone. And yet weirdly, I fully expected a time traveler to materialize at any time because I was a geek. I didn't know if it would be my unborn son

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 This is fascinating to me. But admittedly, I'm a weather geek. But more importantly, it illustrates that we have the technology to not only observe the weather and climate system, but predict it. There's scientific understanding, so there's no need for some of those perceptions and biases

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 that have helped us get a better handle on the world, and other folk will talk about periods when there was a deep flourishing of the arts and sciences. So this debate will go on and on. It's an endless debate and there's no conclusive, single answer to it. But if you're a geek like me,

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 Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings. Villain originally meant a peasant farmer, but in a twist of aristocratic snobbery came to mean someone not bound by the knightly code of chivalry and, therefore, a bad person. A geek went from being a carnival performer

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 via the internet geeks can find one another it's just true and so an entire social universe has risen up they can meet no no I guess you're right it was difficult because non geeks would would never breed with geeks and geeks didn't know you would like to lone geek in a

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 But I would never put you with a nerdy geek, and you said, you neither. I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't either, but it's been the best thing for me. The best thing why? Does that look like a nerdy geek? Look at the shirt. No, he's a very nice guy.

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 but there is one thing the entire world does agree on there has to be a way to solve the Rubik's Cube oh well we came up with this has to be the geek geek of all I have never finished a Rubik's Cube in my life never didn't master this

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 A second thing that worries me is how easily meritocratic plutocracy can become aristocracy. One way of describing the plutocrats is as alpha geeks, and they are people who are acutely aware of how important highly sophisticated

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 one of the characters is really into technology since I'm a huge tech geek myself at four years old my dad showed me how to take apart a computer and put

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 which may or may not have an impact on how the brain of an infant works. A second option is the sexy geek option. These conditions are highly rare.