a) engaging in activities that display techie passion (techie being all things technological, real or fictional)

b) demonstrating true techie prowess

a) " My son and I are going to the Wonders Of Space night at the science museum; I better get my geek on"

b) "My girlfriend had her geek on all day: she fixed the timer in my tivo, and then she soldered the lose connections on my sound card and repartitioned the hard drives without a hitch"

get my geek on by focus5 June 15, 2009

Related Words

GEEK-ONOMY • get my geek on • Geekon • GEEKONISE • geek • geek out • Geek Squad • geek-chic • Geek Speak • geek code

GEEK-ONOMY

A parallel economy consisting of items that do not exist for normal consumers.

Normal economy: Cars, tires, gasoline. Geek-onomy: Star Wars figurines, Second Life avatars & shop space, Virtual world gloves.

GEEK-ONOMY by Richard Burton, Jr. January 18, 2009

Geekonomy

1. The business community and economic activity that emerges around geek culture; the production and consumption of nerdy goods and services, such as comic cons and other pop culture conventions.

2. The geekonomy can also refer to products (Star Wars punk rock albums), art (comic book artists), crafts, etc. with a geek interest.

First notably used by journalist Dyer Oxley on episode 40 of the NW NERD Podcast.

"Wow. I opened a booth at Emerald City Comic Con and did more business with my artwork than I do all year!"
"That's the geekonomy for ya."

"The Hoot Hoots released a Star Wars tribute album!"
"That's gonna be a big seller in the geekonomy."

"Bremerton is starting a comicon."
"Yeah, they're trying to get in on that geekonomy."

Geekonomy by CafeWhiskey March 1, 2018

GEEKONISE

The transformation from a dude to a geek is called getting geekonised. The ultimate product is a Geek-on a organism that belongs to the Geek-dom. Geekonisation happpens mostly due to pressure from the guards of the Geek-dom a.k.a teachers. Once inside the Geek-dom there is no way out. Geekonisation is not reversible......

Raj, "Dude u gettin Geekonised day by day"

GEEKONISE by the to-be-geekonised May 18, 2011

Geekon

A show of affection towards a geeky subject, that is more intense than usual. Often bordering on sexual excitement.

"Wow, that guy has such a geekon for that game!"

"I got such a geekon when I saw the the trailer for the new Transformers movie!"

Geekon by SYMBI0NT April 1, 2009

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026