a cute little geegaw. What do you do
with these gewgaws? Hang them on a tree?geek and geke 1. n. a disgusting and re-
pellent person; a creep. (Rude and de-
rogatory.) The convention was a
seething morass of pushy sales geeks and
glad-handers. Who’s the geek who just
came in? 2. n. an earnest student; a hard-
working student. (Usually objectionable.)
Martin is a geek, but he will go places
with his brains. It looks like the geeks are
taking over this campus. How gross! 3. n.
a person, soldier, or civilian of an East
Asian country, especially in wartime.
(Rude and derogatory.) Wally is tired
of geeks and the way they talk.
geekazoid[“gik@zoId] n. a social outcast;
a nerd. Don’t be such a geekazoid! If
you weren’t such a geekazoid, I’d be sur-
prised at the dumb things you do!
geek-chic[“gik”Sik] mod. stylish or fash-
ionable only for social outcasts. (See also
geek.) Tom is the guy who always wears
the tacky geek-chic jacket. Why do you
have to buy all this geek-chic stuff? Don’t
they give it away somewhere?
geekdomn. the realm of the hard-study-
ing students or geeks. This dorm is not
exactly geekdom. Almost all the guys here
are on academic probation. I spent all
last semester in the hallowed halls of geek-
dom, studying my buns off.
geek outin. to study hard. (See also geek.)
Big test tomorrow. I’ve got to get home
and geek out. Bill’s a geekazoid. He geeks
out all the time.
Geesh![giS] exclam. Good grief! (Shows
shock and disgust.) What a mess!
Geesh! Geesh! I love my work but hate
my job!
geetis and geedus; geetus[“gid@s] n.
money. That kind of car takes a lot of
geetis, doesn’t it? I don’t have the geetis
to throw around on something like that.
geetusGo to geetis.
geezer[“giz#] 1. n. a strange old man; a
buzzard. Who’s the old geezer with the
straw hat on? He is a nice geezer, but a
little talkative. 2. n. a drink of liquor.
Toss down a geezer of this stuff and see
how you like it. Can I have another
geezer of this firewater?gekeGo to geek.gel[dZEl] in. to relax and let one’s hair
down. I’ve got to go home and gel for a
while. Things are too stressful just now.
If I don’t get to gel a little every day, I tend
to fall apart.gender-bender 1. n. a device that changes
electrical plugs or sockets to the opposite
gender—male to female, female to male.
You need what’s called a gender-bender
to match those plugs. I tried a gender-
bender, but it won’t work. 2. mod. having
to do with something that obscures
male/female distinctions. Those gen-
der-bender hairstyles can be confusing.
He always wears gender-bender clothes.generic[dZ@”nErIk] mod. cheap; plain; un-
desirable. I don’t want any old generic
car, I want something with power and
good looks. This cereal is generic. It has
no taste at all. This pizza is completely
generic. I can’t stand it.genuine article[“dZEnj@w@n “artIklor
“dZEn”ju”waIn “artIkl] n. the real thing
rather than a substitute. Is this the gen-
uine article or some cheap made-in-U.S.A.
substitute? I’ll take the genuine article,
thanks.george 1. tv. & in. to copulate [with] a
woman. (Usually objectionable.) He
was in the back room georging some dame.- in. to defecate. (Usually objectionable.)
Man, I gotta george!
GERK and gerk[g#k] n. an elderly sim-
pleton; an old nerd.(Acronym. From
geriatric and jerk.) Old man Johnson
is a real GERK—ill-tempered and rude.
A couple of gerks sat on the park bench,
snoozing.German goiterGo to Milwaukee goiter.Geronimo![dZ@”ran@mo] exclam. Here I go!
(Originally said by parachutists leaving
a plane. From Spanish for Jerome.)
There’s my cue. Geronimo! Here goes
nothing. Geronimo!Geronimo!