geek

• n. 低俗な喜劇をする人；変態；変人；野蛮人。
• n. （スラング）オタク、すなわち、研究は得意だが人との交流は苦手な優れた知性の持ち主。

英語のgeeck、geek、foolから。やがてオノマトペから、半日言葉を保てず、のどをせき込む音。

geek (n.)

"sideshow freak," 1916, U.S. carnival and circus slang, perhaps a variant of geck "a fool, dupe, simpleton" (1510s), apparently from Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat" (Dutch gekken, German gecken, Danish gj?kke, Swedish g?cka). The modern form and the popular use with reference to circus sideshow "wild men" is from 1946, in William Lindsay Gresham's novel "Nightmare Alley" (made into a film in 1947 starring Tyrone Power).

"An ordinary geek doesn't actually eat snakes, just bites off chunks of 'em, chicken heads and rats." [Arthur H. Lewis, "Carnival," 1970]

By c. 1983, used in teenager slang in reference to peers who lacked social graces but were obsessed with new technology and computers (such as the Anthony Michael Hall character in 1984's "Sixteen Candles").

geek out vi. To temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a non-hackish context, for example at parties held near computer equipment. [Eric S. Raymond, "The New Hacker's Dictionary," 1996]

1. My laptop died on me again.I need a geek ！

私のノートパソコンはまたハングアップした。パソコンをいじるお兄さんの助けが必要です！

2.Flora：Do you consider yourself a geek or a computer nerd？

自分はコンピューター虫だと思いますか、それともコンピューターマニアだと思いますか？

3.Herbert:Sure,but I 'm too shy and they think Ia geek .

ハーバート：もちろんありますが、私は恥ずかしすぎて、そして彼女たちは私をパソコンしか知らない変人だと思っています。

4.Michael：Do you consider yourself a geek or a computer nerd？

マイケル：自分はコンピューター虫だと思いますか、コンピューターマニアだと思いますか。

5. She seems friendly, spontaneous, outgoing - the absolute antithesis of " computer geek . 「

彼女はフレンドリーで、自然で、気前がいいように見えます。