geekeryn.

Brit.

/ˈɡiːk(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈɡikəri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: geek n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < geek n. + -ery suffix.

slang.

1. U.S. The bizarre or grotesque acts performed by a carnival or circus geek (geek n. 2), regarded collectively. Also in extended use. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1947 Newsweek 20 Oct. 94/2 Only the most desperate dipsomaniac would take a job as a geek, but this is all right with the carnival manager, because the worse the man looks, the less make-up he needs for his geekery.

1984 Register (Orange County, Calif.) 1 Mar. c11/1 ‘Hill Street’ chief..won't turn to geekery to overcome ‘Knots [Landing]’... Not even for sacred ratings will it [sc. the television programme] stoop to the business of biting the heads off chickens.

1994 R. Castell Blockbuster Video Guide to Movies & Videos 1995 701 Luther the Geek... A maniac, obsessed with carnival geekery, terrorizes a family at a remote farmhouse.

2. Actions or behaviour typical of a geek or geeks (geek n. 1b, geek n. 1c); spec. obsessive devotion to or knowledge of a particular (specified) subject or pursuit, esp. one regarded as unfashionable or highly technical. Also: the state of being a geek; geekiness.

ΚΠ

1990 ‘C. Adams’ ‘Straight Dope’ in Washington City Paper 9 Mar. 71/4 I have scoured my reference books in vain.., which moves me to write the whole thing off as the product of malicious computer geekery.

1994 D. Coupland Life after God 320 His Star Trek geekery of yesteryear had merely been upgraded to the newer Trek generations.

2000 Times 3 June (Metro section) 17/4 He gets a little carried away with the minutiae.., and enthusiasm descends into geekery.

2002 Financial Times 26 Oct. (FT Weekend section) p. xxiv/3 Sports geekery has little to do with sport... It is just about facts.

2011 B. Halpin in A. N. Richesin Crush 174 Music geekery was more socially acceptable to most girls than comic book and Dungeons and Dragons geekery.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	geekery
释义	geekeryn. Brit. /ˈɡiːk(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈɡikəri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: geek n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < geek n. + -ery suffix. slang. 1. U.S. The bizarre or grotesque acts performed by a carnival or circus geek (geek n. 2), regarded collectively. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΚΠ 1947 Newsweek 20 Oct. 94/2 Only the most desperate dipsomaniac would take a job as a geek, but this is all right with the carnival manager, because the worse the man looks, the less make-up he needs for his geekery. 1984 Register (Orange County, Calif.) 1 Mar. c11/1 ‘Hill Street’ chief..won't turn to geekery to overcome ‘Knots [Landing]’... Not even for sacred ratings will it [sc. the television programme] stoop to the business of biting the heads off chickens. 1994 R. Castell Blockbuster Video Guide to Movies & Videos 1995 701 Luther the Geek... A maniac, obsessed with carnival geekery, terrorizes a family at a remote farmhouse. 2. Actions or behaviour typical of a geek or geeks (geek n. 1b, geek n. 1c); spec. obsessive devotion to or knowledge of a particular (specified) subject or pursuit, esp. one regarded as unfashionable or highly technical. Also: the state of being a geek; geekiness. ΚΠ 1990 ‘C. Adams’ ‘Straight Dope’ in Washington City Paper 9 Mar. 71/4 I have scoured my reference books in vain.., which moves me to write the whole thing off as the product of malicious computer geekery. 1994 D. Coupland Life after God 320 His Star Trek geekery of yesteryear had merely been upgraded to the newer Trek generations. 2000 Times 3 June (Metro section) 17/4 He gets a little carried away with the minutiae.., and enthusiasm descends into geekery. 2002 Financial Times 26 Oct. (FT Weekend section) p. xxiv/3 Sports geekery has little to do with sport... It is just about facts. 2011 B. Halpin in A. N. Richesin Crush 174 Music geekery was more socially acceptable to most girls than comic book and Dungeons and Dragons geekery. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1947
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