# What's the difference between a Geek and a Nerd?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 30, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-geek-and-a-nerd/417532 "2007-08-30T19:42:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-geek-and-a-nerd/417532/41 "2007-09-01T12:35:21Z")

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> [ **Zoggie** said:  
> geeks are nerds who have made their skills super-marketable, are making tons of money (geek squad)

The ‘Geek Squad’ doesn’t actually make ‘tons of money’, and there’s no actual requirement to be a geek in order to work for them.

The dipshit uniform and the trading in on the ‘geek’ name seems to make a ton of money for Best Buy, but it has little to do with real-world geeks.

If you absolutely need an example of geek, take a look at the Milo and Teddy characters in _Antitrust_. Geek girls are just like that, except we have tits.

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