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 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:18 pm
I've heard both said with good and bad connotations. What do you think is more appropriate?
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:34 pm
I was always under the impression that a "nerd" was a guy with huge 80's 10x thick glasses (terrible eyesight from staring non-stop into a computer screen since birth); hiked up, high water, pressed pants (or other similarly unpopular forms of dress); slicked side combed hair that's matted to the head, oozing grease onto the forhead and neck and/or bad teeth (bad hygiene); extreme and unwonted intelligence (often showing too much interest in a field not widely appreciated), a slumped and unconfident demeaner, and exhibiting extreme social clumsiness. The "geek" had the extreme unwonted intelligence without the other attributes. Though a geek might have the ruined eyesight and/or be rather shy or somewhat awkward, they never quite reach the extremely foul social state exemplified by the "nerd"
This is the conclusion my family came to one fine evening so I pass it on to you *bows*
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:59 am
I prefer 'nerd' because 'geek' also means some kind of circus performer, right? The guy that bites the heads off chickens? And I don't think 'nerd' has any other unsavoury meanings.
I should really look that up, I guess. sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:32 am
The way I understand it, a nerd is someone who is generally intelligent and socially inept, while a geek is someone who has an extreme interest and knowledge in a specific area. Geeks are usually intelligent too, but not necessarily top of the class.
For example, a nerd would look like what Grimme described and get top scores in everything while being the teacher's pet, but he doesn't know how to interact with his peers and generally comes off as being really awkward and unattractive. A geek can be cool, though, and have lots of friends and dates. They might know all there is to know about their favored subject, but they might not necessarily get top scores in everything.
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:33 pm
stabbyfairy I prefer 'nerd' because 'geek' also means some kind of circus performer, right? The guy that bites the heads off chickens? And I don't think 'nerd' has any other unsavoury meanings. I should really look that up, I guess. sweatdrop Yeah, my friend looked it up. The actual definition for geek is a socially inept circus performer who performs extremely morbid stunts, such as biting the heads off live chickens. So call me a nerd.
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:00 pm
Bites...the heads...off chickens...O.O;
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:09 am
That's an outdated definition though. Only Jim Rose has those kind of geeks anymore. Language evolves. smile Check this out.
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:15 pm
I still like nerd better...
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:55 am
Nyxyn That's an outdated definition though. Only Jim Rose has those kind of geeks anymore. Language evolves. smile Check this out.It might evolve, but if people still think of chickens when they hear the word 'geek' - which some do - I'd rather be a nerd. ninja mad d
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:30 am
hehe, I shall call you nerds then. wink
It might be different depending on where you live, too. Here, nerd is much more unflattering than geek, but in other places it might be opposite. smile
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:21 pm
I prefer nerd because I don't really have a subject that I like a lot.
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:14 pm
I prefer nerd, but I can't really say why. Geek sounds...out-dated? That's not the right word, but that's almost it. Dunno. Nerd sounds cooler.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:32 am
Well, listening to the definitions given here I have one Question: What falls between Geek and Nerd then? I fall in between, sharing similarities with both.
I actually prefer the term Geek. Never knew the whole circus performer chicken thingy. I still think I'll stick with geek though.
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:29 pm
I've decided that I'm either a geeky nerd or a nerdy geek.
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:40 pm
I had always heard about nerds and geeks the way Nyxyn defined them.
I've always prefered geek, even though I'm probably more of a nerd when it comes to the socially inept part, but I don't always get the highest grade, at least, not anymore.
So, I'm a nerdy geek?
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