Herbert Xu wrote:
> {terminal junkie}, {spod}, {weenie}. 2. Some self-described
> computer geeks use this term in a positive sense and protest sense 1
> (this seems to have been a post-1990 development). For one such
> argument, see `http://www.darkwater.com/omni/geek.html'. See also
> {geek code}.
I definitely use geek as a positive term and am chock-full of 'geek
pride' :)
Graeme
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