I just ran across a fabulous (or should it be fagulous?) new word: gomo, a "homo geek."
I would proudly wear the gomo moniker, except that, obviously, I've built my identity on being a nerd, not a geek. (Yes, yes, yes, that's nothing but a semantic distinction. Technically, they both mean the same thing. But, to my mind at least, "geek" carries with it a connotation of technical prowess, while "nerd" is more general in being applied to anyone who is smart and awkward, suitable for someone of a more humanitistic bent, such as myself.)
So what new word should I coin to describe myself? Nermo? Nomo? Nerdmo? Let me know what you think!
2 comments:
I think "nomo" has a certain ring to it....
I was called "Spaz" (not "a" spaz, but "Spaz" as though it was my actual name, thus the uppercasing) throughout junior high and early on in high school. I hated it then, but I'm fond of it now. What's the distinction between "nerd" and "spaz?"
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