A question of semantics

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-05-25 05:39am

Exactly what is the difference between a dweeb, a nerd and a geek?

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2004-05-25 05:46am

The way they are spelled.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-05-25 05:50am

I assume you mean what's the 'definition' of said words. Merriam-Webster is your friend

Dweeb: an unattractive, insignificant, or inept person.

Nerd: an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially : one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits.

Geek: apparently two definitions.

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 disapproved of.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2004-05-25 05:57am

Actually, by definition, a 'geek' is a circus freak who bites the heads off chickens and )both literally and figuratively) digs their own hole to perform in.

'Nerd' more or less refers to someone whose hobbies and interests are not socially normal/acceptable/mainstream. There's connotations of being socially withdrawn, but probably not to the same extent that being a gross public spectacle like a geek technically is.

*Needs to pester Spanky more about getting that web comic worked on, speaking of nerds and geeks...*

WacoKid · Post by **WacoKid** » 2004-05-25 08:01am

Usually, though, I believe "Geek" is used to refer to people who are socially "inept" AND have a lot to do with computers.
Nerd is more just anyone who likes Sci-Fi or good books (rather than sports and such exclusively).
Dork (at least as I hear it) is a more endearing term, and denotes eccentricity.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-05-25 11:31am

WacoKid wrote: Dork (at least as I hear it) is a more endearing term, and denotes eccentricity.

I thought a dork was just somebody who was stupid.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2004-05-25 12:06pm

Dork is another word for penis, as I found out one regrettable day in my english class.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-05-25 12:15pm

A dork is a whale penis.

aten_vs_ra · Post by **aten_vs_ra** » 2004-05-25 12:52pm

NOT WORK SAFE a real dork

I prefer being classified as a nerd as opposed to a geek.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-05-25 01:10pm

There are many factions in the Nerd-Geek Wars, which I should lay out at some later time.

Basically the Nerds are the good guys, while the Geeks are our mortal enemies.

WacoKid · Post by **WacoKid** » 2004-05-25 02:58pm

Wow. You learn something new every day. Now I can insult people and only I will know the true meaning.

BWAHAHAHAHA!! Ha. ha. ummm, yeah.

WacoKid · Post by **WacoKid** » 2004-05-25 03:00pm

Seriously, though, I go to the Park School, and it's a really dorky school (smart people are more popular). So I could very well have a false impression.

Boyish-Tigerlilly · Post by **Boyish-Tigerlilly** » 2004-05-25 06:31pm

2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of.

Evil dictionaries ending sentences w/ prepositions

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-05-26 02:32am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:There are many factions in the Nerd-Geek Wars, which I should lay out at some later time.

Basically the Nerds are the good guys, while the Geeks are our mortal enemies.

We will never understand each other, Spanky...