The definition of a geek

I guess it was a good try, will check back in the dictionaries in 6 Months,

I'll start this thing again then, if nothings changed.

I've been called a geek before, I actually never felt that is an insult, today I showed my friend hubpages.com and he was like; "dude geek ain't a good word".

( This site is beeing dugg! help with the cause! http://digg.com/tech_news/Change_the_definition_of_geek

I'm like what?

Sure it is! A geek is smart, innovative, enthusiastic and often determined in what he does.

Then later I went to play football ( random; won 3:0 ) and asked my teammates whether I was a geek or not, some said yes, a lot said no, and a few didin't know.

That got me wondering so I looked up the definition in Dictionary.com and I found unacceptable definitions;

Geek

1. A person regarded as foolish, inept, or clumsy.
2. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.

1. A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken.

But that's not all hold on,

Our Living Language Our word geek is now chiefly associated with student and computer slang; one probably thinks first of a computer geek. In origin, however, it is one of the words American English borrowed from the vocabulary of the circus, which was a much more significant source of entertainment in the United States in the 19th and early 20th century than it is now. Large numbers of traveling circuses left a cultural legacy in various and sometimes unexpected ways. For example, Superman and other comic book superheroes owe much of their look to circus acrobats, who were similarly costumed in capes and tights. The circus sideshow is the source of the word geek, “a performer who engaged in bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken.” We also owe the word ballyhoo to the circus; its ultimate origin is unknown, but in the late 1800s it referred to a flamboyant free musical performance conducted outside a circus with the goal of luring customers to buy tickets to the inside shows. Other words and expressions with circus origins include bandwagon (coined by P.T. Barnum in 1855) and Siamese twin.

what the hell?

still more to come.

2.

a person who is extremely interested and knowledgeable about computers, electronics, technology, and gadgets; also called nerd, geek

geek

n 1: a carnival performer who does disgusting acts 2: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball]

ODDBALL!???

After that I thought, ok, it's dictionary.com it may not be the merriam webster dictionary, so i went on to search for the definition on merriam's official site.

That's what i got.

Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German

1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake

2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked

3 : an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity <computer geek>

I speak fluent german, I had no idea that it's a geck?

Well at least we can do something about that!

Write them both dictionaries!

Add another definition or change ifully, the internet has changed, it's become more important, well actually, soon it's going to be the most important thing in business and social interaction.

And guess who leads it's innovation? drives it? yes! Geeks, nerds, smart people do!

Paul graham wrote on nerds;

A nerd, in other words, is someone who concentrates on substance. So what's the connection between nerds and technology? Roughly that you can't fool mother nature. In technical matters, you have to get the right answers. If your software miscalculates the path of a space probe, you can't finesse your way out of trouble by saying that your code is patriotic, or avant-garde, or any of the other dodges people use in nontechnical fields.

And as technology becomes increasingly important in the economy, nerd culture is rising with it. Nerds are already a lot cooler than they were when I was a kid. When I was in college in the mid-1980s, "nerd" was still an insult. People who majored in computer science generally tried to conceal it. Now women ask me where they can meet nerds. (The answer that springs to mind is "Usenix," but that would be like drinking from a firehose.)

Well he put it down later too, must of us have money!, and we're going to keep it and multiply it.

I like who I am, a good looking ( very good looking ) dude, with a wallet and some interest in computers coding and design.

I'm confident and not unsocial, and all my friends that I'd call nerds to are as well.

I know some hot nerds too, so it's not only guys that call themselves nerds, geeks.

I call for power!, not only because it's my username, but because times have changed.

Let's change the definition of nerd to ;

Geek

1. Smart, young, often liked and enthuasistic person, that has a hobby for technology.

2. A dot-com millionaire

2. A person that spends his time well, works little but still earns a modest living with doing what he or she loves.

any suggestions?

I've send them a mail you can to, if we are enough we may just change it!