computer geek

jargon (Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats

(computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfils all the

dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial,

malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality

of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders

without implied insult to all hackers; compare

black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be

either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker

in larval stage.

See also Alpha Geek, propeller head, clustergeeking,

geek out, wannabee, terminal junkie, spod, weenie.

[Jargon File]

(1997-06-26)