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a) engaging in activities that display techie passion (techie being all things technological, real or fictional)
b) demonstrating true techie prowess
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"
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
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GEEK-ONOMY • get my geek on • Geekon • GEEKONISE • geek • geek out • Geek Squad • geek-chic • Geek Speak • geek code
GEEK-ONOMY
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.
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."
"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......
GEEKONISE by the to-be-geekonised May 18, 2011
Grindset
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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