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The word geek is a slang
term, noting individuals as "a peculiar or otherwise
odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly
obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality,
electronics, etc." Formerly, the term referred to
a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose
act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken,
bat, snake or bugs. The 1976 edition of the American Heritage
Dictionary included only the definition regarding geek
shows.
This word comes from English dialect geek, geck: fool,
freak; from Low German geck, from Middle Low German. The
root geck still survives in Dutch gek: crazy, and in the
Alsatian word Gickeleshut: geek's hat, used in carnivals... |
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