The group began by making comments that the victim looked like a geek or a nerd.

Nerd. Geek. Used to be if you self-identified that way, you'd get thrown into a locker and never have sex. Or worse, whatever that is. But to me and more and more people I know, being a nerd or a geek means having passion, power, intelligence. Being a nerd just means there is something in the world that you care deeply about—be it twelve-sided dice, a favorite sports team, your new laptop or Night Rider.

Don't know if I'm a nerd - I'm more of a geek.

I'm a card-carrying nerd, a gamer, and sci-fi geek.

Nerds don't know they're nerds. I know I'm a... well, I prefer to be called a dork, thank you.

life is like a Stack, what you Push is what you Pop.