Which Came First?

0	I know you've all heard the story about the chicken and the egg so I won't go into that subject. However, I am going to ask the community, "Which came first? The geek or the nerd geek nerd first asked Oct 28 '10 at 17:38 YamazaruNinja 3.2k●86●101●141

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Well according to the Oxford Dictionaries website Geek came first.

Geek:

Origin: late 19th century: from the related English dialect word geck 'fool', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gek 'mad, silly'

Nerd:

Origin: 1950s (originally US): of unknown origin

answered Oct 28 '10 at 18:16

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1	As history tells: the geek came first. Is all written down in the sacred texts! answered Oct 28 '10 at 17:42 Patxi 12.6k●206●272●386

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