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Question: The collective noun for Geeks should be:(Voting closed: 02/03/2008, 16:31)

A Gaggle of Geeks - 4 (12.1%)
A Chaos of Geeks - 1 (3%)
GEEK geek[MAX_GEEK]; - 1 (3%)
An Array of Geeks - 9 (27.3%)
A Hash of Geeks - 2 (6.1%)
A Pedantry of Geeks - 3 (9.1%)
A Google of Geeks - 4 (12.1%)
A Tarball of Geeks - 3 (9.1%)
A Thread of Geeks - 1 (3%)
An Excitement of geeks - 0 (0%)
A boredom of geeks - 5 (15.2%)

Total Voters: 33

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The collective noun for Geeks!

« on 17/02/2008, 16:16 »
So, to help settle a discussion I've been having with a colleague...

What should be the collective noun for geeks?

Additional vote options will be considered Smiley

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« Reply #1 on 17/02/2008, 16:25 »
An excitement of geeks
Acluistic [adj.]
The state of being completely 'without a clue.'
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« Reply #2 on 17/02/2008, 16:27 »
A simpleton, a dupe; a person who is socially inept or boringly conventional or studious; spec. an assistant at a sideshow whose purpose is to appear as an object of disgust or derision.
geeky a. socially inept, boringly conventional or studious; strange, odd: L20.

their are quite a few doing postings on here

Second thought I know where the Rockers are but where are the Mods?

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« Reply #3 on 17/02/2008, 16:30 »
A boredom of geeks?
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« Reply #4 on 17/02/2008, 20:59 »
An anorak?
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« Reply #5 on 17/02/2008, 21:51 »
A quick Google found:
A Rumple of Geeks
A social awkwardness of Geeks
a faffing of Geeks
a subnet of Geeks
a quibble of Geeks
A circus of Geeks
A grok of Geeks
a 00111000011100111110 of Geeks
A cluster of Geeks
A matrix of Geeks
An intelligence of Geeks

but I voted for Array

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« Reply #6 on 17/02/2008, 22:11 »
I second dhookhams; anorak of geeks.

Uhmm!! an excitement of geeks??...sounds like a contradiction of terms.

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« Reply #7 on 17/02/2008, 22:25 »
The problem with an 'array' of geeks is that 'array' can already mean something next to 'geeks', in the same way that 'array' works with other nouns. So if 'array' was adopted to describe a collection of geeks, its meaning in use would become unclear, because it could mean either 'a collection' or 'many different types'.
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« Reply #8 on 17/02/2008, 22:38 »
But not to the Geeks, I suspect ;-)
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« Reply #9 on 17/02/2008, 22:53 »
Be3G...Oh no not again! we've recently been down this road with "thank(s) (you) etc. etc.
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« Reply #10 on 22/02/2008, 02:43 »
Quote from: Be3G on 17/02/2008, 22:25
The problem with an 'array' of geeks is that 'array' can already mean something next to 'geeks', in the same way that 'array' works with other nouns.. <snip>

That's helped me to make my mind up.  Can you guess which option I went for?   ;-)  <chuckle>
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« Reply #11 on 22/02/2008, 03:06 »
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« Reply #12 on 22/02/2008, 03:44 »
How about a gaggle of geeks ?
Acluistic [adj.]
The state of being completely 'without a clue.'
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« Reply #13 on 22/02/2008, 10:43 »
tarball ftw!
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« Reply #14 on 22/02/2008, 10:44 »
and if they are all really short, a tar.gz of geeks.
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« Reply #15 on 22/02/2008, 12:17 »
A protocol of geeks  Grin
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