Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 23:45:17 -0400 Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] A letter to fandom From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com> To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 10:22 PM, mark whitroth at 5-cent.us [wsfa-forum] <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com> wrote: > [swaths of electrons extinguished] > Now, a number of you have heard my minor rant on how I dislike the word > "geek", and that the real origin of it is carny slang, and referred to the > usually retarded guy who made his living in the freak show, billed as The Wild > Man of Borneo, or some such. For me the use of "curated" as in "The bookstore has a well curated mystery section" bugs the hell out of me. Harrumph, phui, and all of that. mjw