Geekspeak

For anyone that cares, geeks are HOT. This is fact and therefore not open for discussion. But, since I haven't blogged in forever, I will discourge.

Merriam Webster has three defs of geek, but here, in the Pacific Northwest, we mean one thing when we use the term - expert in the field of technology. Geek refers to a person's intellectual properties.

Nerds, on the the other hand, have a dimension to them not necessarily inclusive of geekiness. The term nerd is understood to refer more to a style (or lack of style, actually) than what's up in their noggin.

Nerds can be geeks and geeks can be nerds, but they are not synonymous. Goodbar, for instance, is a geek; however, he dresses well (most of the time) which saves him from being a nerd. Monkeyboy is most definitely a geek but, here again, too stylish in his $200 Oakleys to be called a nerd. Sheldon, on the other hand, from The Big Bang Theory, is both a nerd and a geek, but he has Chuck Lorre dressing him so that's understandable. Rather than confuse his viewing audience, Mr. Lorre opted to develop Sheldon's character as both nerdy and geeky. And may I just say, "Well done, Mr. Lorre. Well done."

And now for Jody, who considers herself a bit of a geek and a wholelottasmarterthanDanBrown:

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