Amy Guskin wrote:
>>>On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:28:20 -0500, Paul Hahn wrote
> 
> (in article ):
> 
> 
>>On Sat, 19 Jan 2007, Joseph DeMartino wrote:
>>
>>>Blair Leatherwood wrote:
>>>
>>>>Not to cause trouble, but isn't "stupid geeky" an oxymoron?
>>>
>>>No, "geeky" and "stupid" aren't synomyms. 
Thus you can also have
>>>"embarassing geeky arguments", "pointless geeky
arguments" and "silly
>>>geeky arguments"  (OK, those are mostly among the Brits, but you get
>>>the idea.)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Joe, did you mean that they aren't _antonyms_?  'Cos Blair asked if it
>>was an oxymoron, not if it was redundant.
>>
>>Although either way, the answer is still "no". 8-)>  <<
> 
> 
> Right.  Because while geeks _are_ generally smart, we are also the kings and 
> queens of having arguments about incredibly stupid things.  :-)
> 
> Amy
*That* I'll agree with!  Although the subjects of the arguments may be 
stupid, I would state that the participants (the geeks) and the subjects 
of the arguments are never less than brilliant (or brilliantly selected).

Blair
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