Joining a tribe called Geeks Are Sexy

Wait... somebody laid it all out for me once, the difference between a geek, a nerd & a dork.

A geek is somebody who rocks some particular subject harder than anyone else - be it UNIX or physics or Angel Fish breeding. In my field, digital art, geek is a no-kidding compliment.

Geek social awkwardness comes from having such a no-holds-barred devotion to something, that people take second place.

That's what I understand the word to mean.

Nerds are socially awkward, LARPG gamers, wear pocket protectors, are trekkies &tc. Geeks are often nerds, but not always.

Dorks are just out there. In geekdom, dork is not a compliment.

That's how I always understood it, anyway.