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A retarded combination of a nerd and a geek that i heard someone say in a sentence
“ya’ll over there playing ya’ll nerd geek pokèmon”
Nerd geek by AsuraPatel April 21, 2022

Geek/Nerd Debate

There is a difference between geeks and nerds.

Nerds are smart, people who lack much of a social life. They often have very few friends. Nerds don't talk much, and don't expect others to talk much to them. They are usually nice people, but don't have the social skills to go out and meet new friends.

Geeks are different from nerds in the fact that they have social lives. However, these social lives are often spent pursuing some passion that the geek is obsessed with (i.e. Yu-Gi-Oh!). They spend all their time thinking about their one obsession, and play it in all of their free time. Geeks are usually only friends with other geeks, and attempts to converse with geeks is futile, unless, of course, you want to talk about Star Trek or whatever the certain geek is obsessed with.

Examples of geek obsessions are Star Trek, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic the Gathering, StarCraft, and basically any other RPG.
Nerds are often very shy, while geeks are more outgoing.

Nerds spend most of their free time studying, while geeks make free time so they can play Dungeons and Dragons.

Nerds care what others think of them, but geeks are almost oblivious to the existence of those outside of their geek clan.

Based on all this, I would have to conclude that it is easier to befriend a nerd than a geek, but a geek would probably be a more interesting person.
Geek/Nerd Debate by Rodney Basil April 30, 2004

dork,geek,nerd 

A geek is someone who is always heavily into things like rpg, classic sci fi, and loves to argue about it with others or chime in any time they hear someone mention a geek Passion of theirs,whether appropriate to do so or not.

A dork tends to be a person who doesn't really look the part "aka wearing shirts like I'm not a geek, I'm a level 80 warrior" but they often have a love for gaming, in particular video games and team challenge with personal betterment online games. They may dabble in card and board games, again maintaining the temporary nature of an interaction (aka not lengthy involved games such as dnd) They don't usually run around talking to everyone about what they like but will engage if the other says something first.

Now either one can have a little of the other in them or even a little nerd. A nerd is just someone who knows an intense amount on a specific subject, tending to be but NOT limited to electronics and or computer hardware or software
n/a sentence example for dork,geek,nerd. Ya know em when ya see em ;)
dork,geek,nerd by money_bee September 18, 2010

Geek/Nerd/Boffin

Geek:
A geek is someone who is unusually enthusiastic about a specific topic, sometimes an unusual topic, such as computing, science, maths or painting tiny models from Lord of the Rings.
Boffin:
A term used almost exclusively in the UK to affectionately refer to an expert or egghead. This term originated from the 'back room boys' in the second world war who were, amongst other things, operating radar and trying to break the german enigma code.
Nerd:
Someone who has difficulty negotiating social situations. The term has strong negative connotations and is mostly used as an insult. Nerd is often used interchangably with geek and it is true that many people are both but they mean different things.
Geek/Nerd/Boffin

Geek:
"OMG OMG IT'S A TINY PAINTED IAN MCKELLEN!"

Boffin:
Spitfire pilot 1-"Biggles have you heard the news?"
Spitfire pilot 2-"No, what is it jeffrey?"
Spitfire pilot 1-"The boffins have cracked the enigma code!"
Spitfire pilot 2-"Excellent; lets get up there and give those germans a taste of our good old British spunk, bristol fashon, six of the best trousers down!"

Nerd:

Normal person-"Well this is a fine state of affairs!"
Nerd-"Is it... I though it was a disaster?"
Normal person-"OMG I was being sarcastic. You are such a nerd!"
Geek/Nerd/Boffin by Lord Kitchiner October 13, 2012

geek nerd 

a person with very insecure ways about him or herself - a scaredy cat or a square-lives by the book-and last but not least make's the supreme chosing of books over booze, nature over narcotics, and friendship with no benefits plan.

~see "momma's boy"
"Were tired of Pauls shit, we tried to set him up with those two freak ass hoes" and he said "em~No! and ran like a little girl himself" - geek nerd - then we said "yo' Paul, hit this shit man" and he said "drugs is bad for your body, I think ill be going now, and ran" - GEEK NERK - "then we tried to get to throw some dice, cause we were gonna hustle the little bitches money and kick his ass in an alley, and he said "you gambling at your age is illegal, im calling a police officer of the law on all of you" and then ran.

D-E-A-D- -G-E-A-K- -N-E-R-D-
geek nerd by D February 13, 2004

sweetest geek nerd

When someone is super sweet and geeky and nerdy you would use the term “sweetest geek nerd” to describe them
“Awwww Matthew is the sweetest geek nerd and it’s a fact!!!!💙
sweetest geek nerd by Asuna Yuuki January 14, 2018
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So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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