Geek
Geek noun - A person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits.
Both words in one sentence
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And we all learn a valuable lesson - this character wants people to think he's smart, but he's really either a geek or an idiot.
Source: Book and Switch - Minkus and Corys dialogue You got to be pretty cool/You got to be pretty smart refers to their childhood animosity when Cory thought Minkus was a geek and Minkus thought Cory was an idiot.
Source: Fanfic / The Minkiad -
The other geek responds "Wow... you're an idiot."
Source: Even Nerds Have Standards
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Idiot and Geek. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/geek/idiot
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Idiot or Geek. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/geek/idiot.
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