Bachelor Geeks!: Merry Christmas to Our Favorite Geeks

If you're looking at this post, you've either mined the history on dad's computer on Christmas Eve, or you've opened your present. Either way, Merry Christmas! We set this blog up just for you. Really. It is designed to give you a few laughs, introduce some "great" products, and ... okay, pretty much just to give you a few laughs. May it entertain you longer than most Christmas toys last ... So, at least a couple of hours.

(Batteries not included. Some assembly required.)

GEEK from Wikipedia

The word geek is a slang term, with different meanings ranging from "a computer expert or enthusiast" to "a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts", with a general pejorative meaning of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp[ecially] one who is perceived to be overly intellectual".^[1]

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 and Afrikaans gek: crazy, as well as some German dialects, and in the Alsatian word Gickeleshut: geek's hat, used in carnivals.^[2]

Formerly, in 18th century Austria-Hungary, Gecken were freaks shown by some circuses. In 19th century, in North-America, the term geek referred to a freak in circus side-shows. In some cases, its performance included biting the head off a live chicken. The 1976 edition of the American Heritage Dictionary included only the definition regarding geek shows.

Although often considered as a pejorative, the term is also often used self-referentially without malice or as a source of pride - an example is the 'Geek Squad' of the Best Buy company.

^ "Dictionary: Geek". Dictionary.com-Merriam-Webster entry. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/geek. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
^ French Wikipedia Geek Article

Merry Christmas to Our Favorite Geeks

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