Word: geek
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Sitting around with my friends watching our latest junk TV craving, “Beauty and the Geek,” I realized that maybe, just maybe, we weren’t the target audience for the Ashton Kutcher creation. Presumably, the average viewer watches to gape at the antics of the socially awkward geeks. But while we had our share of laughs, I soon heard more “awwing” than chuckling, and quite a few variations of “I love...
...were so infused with our day-to-day interactions with Harvard men that this geekiness was not out of the ordinary. Yet all was clarified when someone piped up, “Why don’t they do a version of the show where the women are the geeks?” Our enjoyment of the show sprung from the sight of a kindred spirit—a safe way to stay in touch with our inner geek...
Maybe your inner geek is hibernating until he’s allowed back out to shine, or maybe he has become a little dominant, popping up at inopportune moments. Either way he’s there. You can’t hide it—everyone at Harvard has a geeky side. For those in geeky denial, I’ll define the concept. The term “geek” is often thought of as simply synonymous with “nerd,” or “dork.” But my brand of geek...
...most obvious form is that of the “enthusiastic geeks.” They may try to keep the geek-love under the surface, but inevitably they cannot help but let it bubble up. Usually the geek in question is obsessed with a particular academic study—thus making his desire slightly more acceptable in Harvard interactions. The geek who knows everything about Russia is not going to be able to contain himself when someone mentions his favorite corner of the globe and he may often bring it up first. He is the go-to-geek...
There is also the more common case of geek-ocity—the hidden secret variety. You might never know it, but from the athletic-all-stars to the preppiest of preps, there is a tiny hiding hobby or “extracurricular” interest within that is out-of-the-mainstream and clawing to be let loose. This sets the stage for the inevitable slip-up. One day, you’ll be eating in the dining hall and between bites of Emerald Beef someone will allude to her high school science-fiction club. Before you know...