Forum: English Questions 
Jan 9th, 2007, 10:43 pm
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Views: 4,601  Re: Geeks and Nerds
... and about ten minutes after I posted the last message, my coworker just called me a geek!
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 9th, 2007, 09:08 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,601 Re: Geeks and Nerds
You're right about the delivery, but I know plenty of people who refer to themselves as geeks.
And honestly, Mark, I think we're both geeks ourselves. I remember you have three or four websites, and...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 8th, 2007, 07:31 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,601 Re: Geeks and Nerds
They both started out as derogatory and meant the same thing. However, over time geek came to mean 'techie' and is also no longer derogatory. Many people in the IT industry refer to themselves as...
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