tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post3121143952457740618..comments2024-01-29T17:34:57.576-07:00Comments on A Blister to My Eye: Geek humorDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-82417948583923392392008-10-01T12:39:00.000-06:002008-10-01T12:39:00.000-06:00Surprisingly, Urban Dictionary has a remarkably pl...Surprisingly, Urban Dictionary has a remarkably plausible description of <A HREF="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=geek" REL="nofollow">how 'geek' came to its current usage</A>.<BR/><BR/>For <A HREF="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nerd" REL="nofollow">nerd</A>, not so much.TGirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05296761462380289467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-48326344905115082592008-10-01T12:36:00.000-06:002008-10-01T12:36:00.000-06:00Oh, I know there's a big difference -- it's just t...Oh, I know there's a big difference -- it's just that nobody can tell me what it actually <I>is</I>. Best I can figure, it has more to do with <I>origin</I> than with style. Stuff that's "cajun" has a French-Canadian, Acadian heritage, whereas stuff that's creole has a Caribbean origin. Unfortunately, that still doesn't help me figure out which one gumbo is...<BR/><BR/>On geeks, I'd heard the "biting heads off chickens" origin stories as well, but have no idea how to connect those particular dots.TGirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05296761462380289467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-66678890528099348462008-10-01T12:07:00.000-06:002008-10-01T12:07:00.000-06:00There's bookoo difference, mon, I garrontee!As for...There's bookoo difference, mon, I garrontee!<BR/><BR/>As for geeks and nerds, wasn't the geek originally the guy who bit the heads off live chickens in traveling sideshows? I don't know how that word got its current meaning.<BR/><BR/>I also can't remember what they called people like me when I was high school, 50 years ago. I don't think either "geek" or "nerd" was used then.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-80193952638555687012008-10-01T11:57:00.000-06:002008-10-01T11:57:00.000-06:00I'm still trying to figure out the difference betw...I'm still trying to figure out the difference between a "geek" and a "nerd." I guess it's kind of like trying to figure out the difference between "cajun" and "creole."TGirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05296761462380289467noreply@blogger.com