< jargon > (Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfils all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers : an asocial, malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers ; compare black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage .
See also Alpha Geek , propeller head , clustergeeking , geek out , wannabee , terminal junkie , spod , weenie .
[ Jargon File ]
(1997-06-26)