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geek
noun- a carnival freak, usually an alcoholic or drug addict, who would sit and crawl in his own excrement and occasionally bite the heads off snakes and chickens US, 1928
- — William Gresham, Nightmare Alley, 1946
- My mother said, “So nice meeting you,” but my old man just stared at him like he was a geek out of sideshow. — Frederick Kohner, Gidget, p. 92, 1957
- They’re used by the rummies who swamp up the lot and by the alkparalyzed geek. — Robert Edmond Alter, Carny Kill, p. 8, 1966
- [H]e knew the india-rubber man – the fat woman – the bearded lady – the sword swallower – the snake charmer – geeks – midgets[.] — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 37, 1980
- The geek, virtually non-existent today, was considered a freak, usually a fake, who performed sensationally disgusting acts that normal people would not. — Don B Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 107, 1981
- [A] story [...] about the rise of a carny conman and his subsequent descent into geekdom. — Paul Duncan, Noir Fiction, pp. 48–49, 2000
- “They were a special breed the geeks preferred. They could bite their heads off easier.” — Peter Fenton, Eyeing the Flash, p. 2, 2005
- a student whose devotion to study excludes all other interests or society; someone who is considered too studious; someone obsessed with computers US, 1980
Pejorative. - Ever wondered what was on the other side of Central Square besides the MIT geeks with pocket computers and the NECCO factory? — The Harvard Crimson, 10 August 1976
- I’d used it on the poor geek in the bar[.] — Hunter S. Thompson, The Great Shark Hunt, p. 26, 1979
- — Edith A. Folb, Runnin’ Down Some Lines, p. 239, 1980
- — Connie Eble (editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 2, Fall 1982
- Joe Stumpy Pepys, great, great, uh, tall blond geek with glasses. — This is Spinal Tap, 1984
- Do I look like Mother Theresa? If I did, I probably wouldn’t mind talking to the Geek Squad. — Heathers, 1988
- You ought to ditch the two geeks you’re in the car with now and get in with us. — Dazed and Confused, 1993
- Oh, God, he is such a geek. — Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997
- Geeks know how sad they are, but they don’t care. Being sad is a badge of geek strength and endurance. The transformation of computer buffs from lonely bedroom moles to triumphant geeks is one of the late twentieth century’s existential glories. — Melanie McGrath, Hard, Soft and Wet, p. 162, 1998
- Ronald, e-mail’s for geeks and pedophiles. — Cruel Intentions, 1999
- The library – a haven for the real geeks, the ones who don’t have real friends. — Rosalind Wiseman, Queen Bees and Wannabes, p. 43, 2002
- an offensive, despicable person; a clumsy person; a socially awkward person UK, 1876
- The only answer he got was “I’ll lay a baseball bat on you, you underage geek.” — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 5, 1954
- — American Weekly, p. 2, 14 August 1955
- [A]s opposed to the “frustration” of fat-assed American geeks safe at home worrying over whether to have bacon, ham, or sausage with their grade-A eggs in the morning[.] — Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, p. 18, 1968
- Here’s this poor geek living in a world of convertibles zipping past him on the highways all the time, and he’s never even ridden in one. — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, p. 17, 1971
- [T]heir mothers apparently won’t let em watch the whole movie out there in the city of geeks and weirdos. — Joe Bob Briggs, Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In, p. 67, 1987
- a prostitute’s customer with fetishistic desires US
- — Washington Post, p. C5, 7 November 1993
- an awkward skateboarder or a pedestrian who gets in the way US
- — Albert Cassorla, The Skateboarder’s Bible, p. 200, 1976
- crack cocaine mixed with marijuana UK, 1998
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 293, 2003
- a look; a peek AUSTRALIA, 1966
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 39, 1977
Now she’s smoking a Mahawat and every time she leans forward to place the bets, two rows of onlookers stretch for a geek at her tits.
— Robert English, Toxic Kisses, p. 3, 1979- — Roy Slaven (John Doyle), Five South Coast Seasons, p. 135, 1992
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