12 Feb 09
Originally posted by adam warlockgeek
[b]Nerd humour.[/b]
Pronunciation: \ˈgēk\
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German
Date: 1914
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked
3 : an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity <computer geek>
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humor
Pronunciation: \ˈhyü-mər, ˈyü-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English humour, from Anglo-French umor, umour, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin humor, from Latin humor, umor moisture; akin to Old Norse vǫkr damp, Latin humēre to be moist, and perhaps to Greek hygros wet
Date: 14th century
1 a: a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (as the blood or lymph) b: a secretion (as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity
2 ain medieval physiology : a fluid or juice of an animal or plant ; specifically : one of the four fluids entering into the constitution of the body and determining by their relative proportions a person's health and temperament b: characteristic or habitual disposition or bent : temperament <of cheerful humor> c: an often temporary state of mind imposed especially by circumstances <was in no humor to listen> d: a sudden, unpredictable, or unreasoning inclination : whim <the uncertain humors of nature>
3 a: that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous b: the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous c: something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Unless, of course, you speak that weird, disgusting variation of the American English... cockney, that is.
12 Feb 09
Originally posted by Seitse1: Not me.
geek
Pronunciation: \ˈgēk\
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German
Date: 1914
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is dislike ...[text shortened]... : an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity <computer geek>
2: Don't care!
3: Highly discussable.
Nerd by Gerald Sussman:
My idea is to present an image to children that it is good to be intellectual, and not to care about the peer pressures to be anti-intellectual. I want every child to turn into a nerd - where that means someone who prefers studying and learning to competing for social dominance, which can unfortunately cause the downward spiral into social rejection.
Not caring about peer-pressure it's the essence of being a nerd. Besides being highly sexy.