[Tlhingan-hol] 19 new words to create

Jesse Manoogian boyfromtheabyss at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 6 23:43:03 PST 2016


>>I'm not too interested in the IAL's/auxlangs nor in Lojban.
>> Lojban is too nerdy for me; Klingon, Na'vi, and Dothraki are more geeky than nerdy.
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>.i zoi gy. geek .gy .e zoi gy. nerd .gy xe fanva zo crexalbo la .lojban.
>
>Geeks and nerds are both translated in Lojban as "crexalbo" (which means "expertly frivolous")!
Interesting!

My understanding of the terms is that a nerd is someone who's into the STEM areas, like math, physics, astronomy, chemistry and engineering, whereas a geek is someone who's into fantasy, science fiction and video games.
How do YOU differentiate the two words?
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