On பு, 2009-03-04 at 12:03 +0530, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:
>
> Geek is not about cleverness if am right. I thought it was about
> excessive
> obsession towards science / technology in general.
Yes. you can have it like that too.
Don't go too deep literally while finding equivalent words.
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On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:26 AM, இராமதாசன் wrote:
> On பு, 2009-03-04 at 11:03 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> >
> > menporul vallavan?
Restricting to software alone? Geekness is more generic to at least science
/ technology i guess.
கொம்பன் is right.
> I do not know which Cinema/ Novel gave
On பு, 2009-03-04 at 11:03 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
>
> menporul vallavan?
கொம்பன் is right.
I do not know which Cinema/ Novel gave it a rude meaning.
It has the meaning of Clevar Man
Look:
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=tamillex&query=கொம்பன்&matcht