Query on Word History, was Re: The Moral Life of Geeks

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Sep 11 21:22:49 PDT 2000

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"Geek" originally meant a carnival performer who bit the head off of chickens or snakes. How did it come to mean professionals in technology?

Carrol