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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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