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geek chic
n. 1 The notion that geeks are cool. 2 The notion that hi-tech gadgets are cool.
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Geek Chic
Geek Chic: The Ultimate Guide to Geek Culture (ISBN 978-1-58423-205-6) is a 2005 book co-written by Neil Feinman, Rob Davis and Chelseah Kalberloh. The book charts the history of the geek from Ancient Greece to the Xbox. It is published by Thames and Hudson (UK), BIS Publishing (The Netherlands) and Ginko Press (US).
Category:2005 books Category:Popular culture books
Usage examples of "geek chic".
Actually, I'd never really thought of myself as a true geek until I read this book -- okay, I was in denial -- and even then there were a few scary moments when I feared I might merely be a geek remora, one of Weiss's disdained cultivators of geek chic.