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Word: geeks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...average age was probably 13 and there were more pairs of square, black-rimmed glasses than a Buddy Holly look-alike contest, one wouldn’t expect a band to rock, but that’s exactly what it did. Playing their unique brand of “Geek Rock” made popular in the early ’90s, Weezer swept the adoring fans off their feet and bodysurfing into the air on the hands of the crowd...

Author: By William F. Conners, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Geeks Rock The House | 2/22/2002 | See Source »

Bobby Schaefer, 50, of San Diego is no computer geek--she designs and knits sweaters for a living--but when she ordered broadband Internet access, she thought she had done her homework. She talked to her friends and the employees at a local CompUSA store to figure out which kind of service--cable modem, digital subscriber line or satellite--made the most sense. But when she finally made the call, she was plunged into a netherworld of bureaucracy. Charges appeared on her phone bill even before she had officially ordered DSL, just for having asked about it. The company from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Connected: How To Untangle All Those Offers | 1/28/2002 | See Source »

...consumer, Michael Dell is your typical gadget geek. He carries a BlackBerry for messaging, he signed up for Microsoft's new XP operating system the minute it came out in October, and his Dell C400 Latitude notebook goes wireless--even at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Easy As Dell? | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...JUNKYARD WARS (TLC) Comedy Central's robot-war show BattleBots has the testosterone and buxom babes. But this U.K.-imported engineering challenge has the real geek appeal. Turning teams of amiable tinkerers loose to build hydroplanes, rockets and the like out of scrap parts, it combines good-natured competition with just enough pseudo education that you don't have to feel guilty for not watching Nova instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best and Worst of 2001: Television: Best and Worst of 2001 | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...waist seams and hidden behind zippers on the legs are three extra mesh-lined pockets for stashing everything from your cell phone to your PDA. One piece of advice: make sure you unload your cache before passing through airport metal detectors, or you'll be outed as a geek faster than you can say Palm Pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions: Best Of The Rest | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

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