I'm a Nerd, a Geek or a Geek?

Geeks originally were performers at freak shows. They would bite the heads off live chickens and eat them in front of their audience. Geek comes from ghek, meaning fool or simpleton. And brexet is a modern new word. Wasn't heard of ten years ago, but here it is. Everybody nowis using it around the world. It's what’s called a portmanteau word. Back to Mail Online home. Back to the page you came from.