semantic evolution of "geek"

Mark A Mandel mam at THEWORLD.COM
Thu Oct 10 18:38:26 UTC 2002


I received this question. I thought we'd discussed it, but I can't find
it in the archives.

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I have a Hungarian friend who would like to know how "geek"
evolved from its original meaning to the one we normally use
today (ie, a computer nerd).

I'm clueless...help?

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-- Mark A. Mandel



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