computer geek


computer geek

(jargon)(Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats(computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfils all thedreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial,malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personalityof a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiderswithout implied insult to all hackers; compareblack-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may beeither a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hackerin larval stage.

See also Alpha Geek, propeller head, clustergeeking,geek out, wannabee, terminal junkie, spod, weenie.