geeksta

noun

noun

Etymology Blend of geek + gangsta.

Humorous, Slang An unfashionable, nerdy individual who performs gangsta-style music.

Elvis Costello and The Talking Heads’s David Byrne popularized a cool geek style that’s led to Moby, Weezer, Vampire Weekend and even self-styled “nerdcore” rock and geeksta rappers.2008 May 23, David Brooks, “The Alpha Geeks”, in New York Times:

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