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!
I think "nomo" has a certain ring to it....
ReplyDeleteI 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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