Geek or Nerd?

Geek, friends say I'm a bit of a geek sometimes, can't say it bothers me. Nerds I always think of as spotty, smelly friendless people who can't hold a conversation or talk to any member of the other sex.
 
Geeks ove technology, but can live without it. Nerds cant.

Geeks get excited flashy gadgets. Nerds get excited by XML.

Geeks have a social life. Nerds have MMORPGs

Geeks have girlfriends. Nerds have a seperate hard drive devoted to porn.

There IS a difference.
 
Geeks are people who are generally into computers, films, music, cars etc. more than your average person.

Nerds are so into one thing that it's practically impossible for them to have a conversation about anything else. I was a music nerd once. It wasn't pleasant.

Edit; Visage's and Tru's posts are so spot on that it's unreal.
 
Visage said:
Geeks ove technology, but can live without it. Nerds cant.

Geeks get excited flashy gadgets. Nerds get excited by XML.

Geeks have a social life. Nerds have MMORPGs

Geeks have girlfriends. Nerds have a seperate hard drive devoted to porn.

There IS a difference.


I'll take Cambridge Dictionaries quote on both. ;)

Definition
geek Show phonetics
noun [C] INFORMAL
a person, especially a man, who is boring and not fashionable:
He's such a geek.

nerd Show phonetics
noun [C] INFORMAL DISAPPROVING
a person, especially a man, who is unattractive and awkward or socially embarrassing:
He was a real nerd in high school - I can't believe he's so handsome now.

Hence me saying there's a difference? :)
 
Visage said:
Geeks ove technology, but can live without it. Nerds cant.

Geeks get excited flashy gadgets. Nerds get excited by XML.

Geeks have a social life. Nerds have MMORPGs

Geeks have girlfriends. Nerds have a seperate hard drive devoted to porn.

There IS a difference.

i think if possible im both at the same time ;)

all worship me !!! :D
 
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