Tuesday, January 02, 2007

I am nerdier than 72% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!

I agree with Dawn that I have always viewed my self as a geek, not a nerd. The website that has this test defines the words geek and nerd. I'm greatly amused by the second definition for geek. This site also had a computer geek test. I got a 62 on it, I was also amused that the average score for girls is only 36.

From Merriam-Webster Online: (www.m-w.com)

Nerd:
Etymology: perhaps from nerd, a creature in the children's book If I Ran the Zoo (1950) by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
: an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially : one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits

Geek:
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 disapproved of

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