Snoops in the house Is Right

Otto Sell o.sell at telda.net
Thu Aug 10 18:55:15 CDT 2000


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Found it:
Main Entry: geek
Pronunciation: 'gEk
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German
geck, from Middle Low German
Date: 1914
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually
includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of
- geeky /'gE-kE/ adjective

So now you may tell me how you make money of me.

Otto
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