Synonymy avoidance

[Mullins, Bill]

When did geek evolve from the guy who eats dead chickens at the carnival
to the guy who knows how to set the clock on the VCR?



> Just saw an online advertisement which read:
>
> >Looks like the geeks can get back to being dorks.
>
> Made me wonder whether or not the geek/dork pair might have
> the possibility of evolving into synonymy approaching the
> level of gorse/furze.
>
> I suppose that at the moment, some might object that geek has
> a techie sense which dork lacks (i.e., computer geeks, not
> computer dorks), but a good pr firm oughta be able to change
> all that by strategic blogging, etc.
>
> Michael McKernan
>