a geek is someone who recognizes the ability of their brain to perform tasks that other people would rather sleep than do. geeks generally care more about intellectual pursuits than aesthetic ones, and almost always put minimal effort into the advancement of their looks. they practice good hygenie, and dress like someone from this century (as opposed to nerds, who constantly wear pocket protectors and hush puppies)they do not shop at abercrombie & fitch unless forced, they know what an atari2600 and a ti99 are and have owned or do still own one or both.
they are nearly always male, however the rare female geek does exist. they wear watches that are more functional than cute, and never promote their looks ahead of their brains.
they are often imitated on the internet, but almost never in real life, as most of the geek posers of the world lack the self-esteem necessary to show up in public in pajamas. female geek posers, aka groupies, are far more common than male geek posers, and prey on a widely known tendency of male geeks to flock toward anything female regardless of that female's geek status.
geek posers throw around words about geekdom, rarely know what these things mean, and could never explain the inner workings of the mips processor. geek groupies are generally more successful than geek posers, as they have breasts.
signs of a geek poser or geek groupie include usage of a lot of 'leet speak' and the inability to construct an english word without enlisting the use of numbers. true geeks actually know what 'rtfm' and 'bofh' stand for, their most recent purchases include things from www.copyleft.net or www.thinkgeek.com and their bedside table contains any book with 'o'reilly' and an animal on the cover (except introduction to aol, because as we all know that is a poser book).
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