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would you call a geek - a workoholic?? i mean, can i use these word instead.. cause the meaning isn't the same..
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Many very bright people lack social skills. Their resentful intellectual inferiors jealously
invent pejorative appellations for them. "Geek" is just one of many
I'm not bright enough to be classed as a geek. My social skills are only moderate..
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not all geeks are workaholics, and not all workaholics are geeks.
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here is the Word Detective: http://www.word-detective.com/back-g.html#geekOriginally, to be a "geek" was to have fallen so low as to be willing to do anything for a living, no matter how disgusting the task. Only in the last few years has it been used as a synonym for "nerd."substitute "long hours of technology-based work" into his formula and I guess you could make the case.
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What is a geek? Merriam-Webster's Dictionary offers the original definition of "a
carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes
biting the head off a live chicken or snake," as well the more modern, slangier
meaning, "a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of." (No
dictionary that I've yet consulted - not even the relatively "hep" American Heritage
College Dictionary - mentions the current computer-affiliated sense of "geek".)
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bill, OneLook.com lists six (6) technology-based ("Computing") resources for geek. http://onelook.com/?w=geek&ls=a
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well, I'm not programatically savvy enough to be a geek, but on some forums I habituate, geek is a term of pride.
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i understand, but it's not exactly what i wanted to know :) i'm not sure how to express that.. in poland a geek (after my dictionary :)) is a student learning very hard. it's rather pejorative. but you won't call an employee working hard a geek but a workoholic. would you call a student a workoholic meaning it in negative sense?? (i mean only that one particular situation)
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>would you call a student a workoholic meaning it in negative sense?
the goof-offs might, in a sarcastic way, hoping to vindicate their own laziness.
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would you call a student a workoholic meaning it in negative sense??
yes, you could. I would think that workaholic is almost always used in a negative sense.
<edit> good point, tswum.
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