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Originally Posted by the_marq
Word meanings have certainly changed and are changing faster than ever now. At one time the word "geek" was synonymous with "Circus Freak." Then like you said it changed to mean socially inept.
"Nerd" at least to my mind, has always meant the same thing; it's the antithesis of "Jock." That is to say, someone more insterested in acadamia than athletics.
But I digress, both "geek" and "nerd" seem to mean the same thing now.... and I am proud to be one (and engaged to one  ). |
Yeah, this whole fascination with geeks really torques me off now.
20 years ago, I was a geek in HS. People found my fascination with computers and techy stuff to be a real turn off. If I mentioned video games, techy toys (watches and calculators were about it at the time), modems, BBS's, and later the Internet, to any member of the opposite sex and, man, watch her run for the hills.
If I were in HS now, I'd be the f*cking king of the hill and I haven't changed since HS.
Actually, I think my smarts intimidated them more than anything (I had an older girlfriend of an older friend tell me that once).
I guess I was just ahead of my time.