Is geek good or bad?
In contemporary culture, associations with the word “nerd” range from being seen as a target for bullying to being recognized as someone intelligent and passionate. Meanwhile, the word “geek” tends to have a more positive and stylish connotation. Geek was originally an early 20th-century term for a carnival worker who was so unskilled that the only thing the worker could do at the carnival to entice an audience was to bite off the heads of live animals. Essentially, a geek was a socially undesirable person who lacked any skill or ability.