Geek?
June 24, 2005 | Filed Under Geek | 2 Comments
I’ve been called a geek in the past, though compared to some I know, I’m not worthy of the honourific – as the word has become, probably through usage amongst the developers and programmers and sys-admins who all make the internet work and all seem quite proud to be called geek.
It no longer has the nerd/loner associations it once had, instead it is a badge of rank and I.T. guys the world over rejoice to be known as geek.
The word however has origins in early 20th Century American circus/carny slang, and was used to describe a person who performed in the sideshows usually biting the heads of chickens.
True.
So, by association – who is the geek leader, the ultimate geek? Bill Gates? Steve Jobs? Linus Torvalds?
No….