Neurotic Neologisms Nicole Lee’s random sputterings

What makes a geek a geek?

I raised a question on Twitter earlier today about the difference between a geek and a snob. Predictably, most people defended the geek as an obsessive, whereas a snob is an obsessive who dismisses others. In other words, geeks are passionate, but snobs are passionate to the point where nothing else can compare. Halsted [...]