<VV> fool - dupe - simpleton ;-)

[Secular]

  geek  

  "sideshow freak," 1916, U.S. carnival and circus slang, perhaps a 
  variant of geck "a fool, dupe, simpleton" (1515), apparently from 
  Low Ger. geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Gmc. 
  and Scand. meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat." 

  The modern form and the popular use with ref. to circus sideshow 
  "wild men" is from 1946, in William Lindsay Gresham's novel 
  "Nightmare Alley" (made into a film in 1947 starring Tyrone Power). 

  Source:

  http://tinyurl.com/2nv758

  Tony I.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Padgett" <pp2 at 6007.us>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 3:02 PM
Subject: <VV> RE: Communique's future



> 
> ps  "Geek" is a person who does nasty things to chickens. 
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=geek 
>