geek

geek, intello

Personne jugée étrange parce qu’elle s’intéresse énormément à un sujet particulier.

En anglais simple : Someone considered strange because they are extremely interested in a particular subject.

• They called him a geek.
• She was teased for being a science geek.
• I felt like a geek when nobody understood my hobby.

Synonymes : nerd

Expressions courantes : complete geek, total geek, computer geek, science geek

expert informatique, geek

Personne qui connaît très bien l’informatique ou un autre domaine technique.

En anglais simple : Someone who knows a lot about computers or another technical subject.

• Ask a geek to fix it.
• Our office geek repaired my laptop.
• Do you know a computer geek who can recover these files?

Synonymes : techie, expert

Expressions courantes : computer geek, tech geek, software geek

s’enthousiasmer

S’emballer pour un loisir ou un sujet qu’on adore.

En anglais simple : To get very excited about a hobby or subject you love.

• We geek out together every weekend.
• They geeked out over the new robot.
• I love geeking out about old science fiction films.

Comment l'utiliser : geek out about/over something (We geeked out over the new game.)

Synonymes : nerd out

Expressions courantes : geek out, geek over something, geek out together