GEEK - a loaded term?

[tom406]

I was just catching up on this week's postings when I reviewed a post I made where I talked about "originality geeks", which seemed to have been taken as a personal smack by BKH. Several years ago I referred to some of the Poncho faithful as "Pontiac geeks", which inspired similar ire. Coincidentally, I was reading a Rolling Stone article on Rush which talked about their rock-geek-ness, and the writer pointed out that they had that tag back when the term "geek" had bite (a world prior to uber-geek Bill Gates having more money than anyone).

I'm realizing that there is a generational issue with this word, and I should probably refrain from using it in web posts here in Yenko-world. I never use it with malice, and often refer to myself as a car-geek.

I will say this however. If you think that when you're among non-car folk and you start forcibly arguing about differences in build details among plants, or any of what makes up 90% of this boards postings, and you don't think that they put you on a similar plane with the guys who speak Klingon at Trek conventions , you're in denial.

BKH, no offense! Please come to Seattle, where I will buy you a beer, we can go look at my friends 9000 original mile '63 R-code 500XL, and you can merely marvel at its originality if you are not comfortable "getting your geek on".

Peace all.

[Born30YrsLate]

I'm a geek and have proudly proclaimed it for many years

[x Baldwin Motion]

geek is a word that has definetly evolved.


here easily spotted in the shallow end of the pool are geeks of yesteryear











Now, the term Geek is used as a replacement for enthusiast or fanatic (fan), most common in a technical field.


A recent study from Solutions Research Group, came up with a staggering fact. We, men, are no longer the absolute owners of gadgets and the real definition of “geeks”. Girl geeks are now ahead of men in activities like streaming network TV, DVR use, and casual gaming, the Women and Digital Lifestyles report (PDF link) said.


Definitions
The definition of geek has changed considerably over time, and there is no longer a definitive meaning. The terms nerd and dork have similar meanings as geek, but many choose to identify different connotations amongst the three terms, although the differences are disputed. In a 2007 interview on The Colbert Report, Richard Clarke said the difference between nerds and geeks is "geeks get it done".[3] Julie Smith defined a geek as "a bright young man turned inward, poorly socialized, who felt so little kinship with his own planet that he routinely traveled to the ones invented by his favorite authors, who thought of that secret, dreamy place his computer took him to as cyberspace—somewhere exciting, a place more real than his own life, a land he could conquer, not a drab teenager's room in his parents' house".[4]

Other definitions include:

A person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Geeks are adept with computers, and treat the term hacker as a term of respect, but not all are hackers themselves.
A person who relates academic subjects to the real world outside of academic studies; for example, using multivariate calculus to determine how they should correctly optimize the dimensions of a pan to bake a cake.
A person who has chosen concentration rather than conformity; one who passionately pursues skill (especially technical skill) and imagination, not mainstream social acceptance.
A person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream. This could be due to the intensity, depth, or subject of their interest. This definition is very broad but because many of these interests have mainstream endorsement and acceptance, the inclusion of some genres as "geeky" is heavily debated. Persons have been labeled as or chosen to identify as physics geeks, mathematics geeks, engineering geeks, sci-fi geeks, computer geeks, various science geeks, movie and film geeks (cinephile), comic book geeks, theatre geeks, history geeks, music geeks, art geeks, philosophy geeks, literature geeks, historical reenactment geeks and roleplay geeks.
Also there is the term "retro geek" which is someone who is not obsessed with retro stuff but has retro stuff and knows about it.

http://www.autogeek.com/



I don't think anyone here would mind being called a cargeek in this day and age.




I mean we have really come a long way from this geek.
ozzy geek

[Mr. Chevy]

I'm a "Nova Nerd" which is kinda of like a Geek I guess!!!



Rich