Definition: not just like a nerd. This sounds like a nerdish question.
What is the difference between a GEEK and a NERD ?
2006-09-25 00:18:57 · 17 answers · asked by Perseus 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I think they originally were side show freaks who swallowed live creatures or insects, but is has mutated into just meaning uncool. i think nerd means an overly academic uncool person. There are better words than geek and nerd for this kind of thing, I love Homer Simpsons "Poindexter" I'm not american so I'd love to know where this came from????
2006-09-25 00:30:42 · answer #1 · answered by Nobody200 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always thought that a Geek was a person who didn't always have the best dress sense and who was always in school on time, thus being very unpopular.
A Nerd is the opposite except the fact that he made more of an effort to succeed in school and was regarded the 'school nerd'
2006-09-25 00:27:51 · answer #2 · answered by Scatty 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A geek bites the head off of live chickens in a carnival. He usually is given a bottle of cheap whiskey a day to stay drunk.
A nerd is an American slang expression designating an uncool person. The word geek has been used as an equivalent term for nerd by the uneducated masses who are indifferent to language and verbal communication.
2006-09-25 00:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Theres definatley a GEEK dress code as well. Specific type of anorak, those Roy Orbison Dark Glasses with normal clear lenses with fabric plaster in place. Half Mast trousers, shopping bag or free TSB small hold all (can be from any bank!) Greasy Hair. Looks like Ray Moranis from Ghost Busters!
2006-09-25 00:28:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A geek is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd
Nerd, as a stereotypical or archetypal designation, refers to somebody who pursues academic and intellectual interests at the expense of social skills such as: interpersonal communication, fashion, hygeine and physical fitness.
2006-09-25 00:23:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A Nerd is the smart kid with broken glasses and highwater trousers.
A Geek is the one who builds a desktop kiln to fix those broken glasses and then wants to share the plans for the device to you and everyone else.
2006-09-25 00:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by Grendle 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you call someone, usually a man or boy, a geek, you are saying in an unkind way that they are stupid, awkward, or weak.[ INFORMAL ]
↑ Geek
If you say that someone is a nerd, you mean that they are stupid or ridiculous, especially because they wear unfashionable clothes or show too much interest in computers or science.[ INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE ]
↑Nerd
2006-09-25 00:26:02 · answer #7 · answered by Taylor 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I always thought that 'nerd' was an American term, and 'geek' was the English equivalent.
2006-09-25 00:20:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A techno-nerd.
2006-09-25 00:51:06 · answer #9 · answered by car buyer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a geek worked in the circus,biting heads off chichens.
2006-09-25 00:27:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋