{"id":788,"date":"2007-06-08T04:48:12","date_gmt":"2007-06-08T09:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/788"},"modified":"2007-06-08T04:48:12","modified_gmt":"2007-06-08T09:48:12","slug":"geek-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/788","title":{"rendered":"Geek Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I’m surfing the web, reading this and that and I come across Andrew Sullivan’s like to this funny post over at Joe. My. God<\/a>….<\/p>\n

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Birthday Party, Upper West Side, Monday, 8PM<\/em><\/p>\n

Momentarily abandoned by the two people at the party that I know well, I am engaged in conversation by a yellow Crocs<\/span>-wearing, pop-collared, fauxhawked<\/span> angertwink<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Angertwink<\/span>:<\/strong> So, Rob said you are a writer?<\/p>\n

JMG<\/span><\/strong>: Depends on your definition. I have a blog.<\/p>\n

AT:<\/strong> A what? A blog<\/em>? Wait, is that on the internet<\/span>?<\/p>\n

JMG<\/span>:<\/strong> What, you seriously don’t know about blogs?<\/p>\n

AT:<\/strong> Um, I don’t know, I guess I do. Like, name one.<\/p>\n

JMG<\/span>:<\/strong> Well, I guess one of the most famous ones is Andrew Sullivan’s…<\/p>\n

AT:<\/strong> Andrew…. who<\/em>? Oh, right! That guy who killed Gianni Versace<\/span>!\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…and I have to open a Google Image page and first I Google "Crocs clothing" because I figure it’s an article of clothing he’s talking about.<\/p>\n

Oh Sweet Jesus… <\/p>\n

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No!  No!  No!<\/em>   Please dear God keep those goddamned things off of cute guys!   <\/em>Next I have to Google "faux hawked"  Ugh.  Those…  <\/em>Then I Google "popped collar"   Meh…  <\/em>Then I Google "angertwink" and I’m back at Joe. My. God<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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Angertwink (noun):<\/p>\n

A young urban gay male who goes through his life very angry because:<\/p>\n

1) The rest of the gay world does not recognize his incredible hotness.<\/p>\n

2) The rest of the gay world is not incredibly hot, like he is.<\/p>\n

Identifying characteristics: Angertwinks can often be spotted wearing fauxhawks, popped collars, and expressions of disgust.<\/p>\n

Angertwink was coined by my friend Dagon, on his blog At The Mountains Of Madness<\/a>. (Example: here<\/a>). After a few beers last night, I told him that he had to get this word into UrbanDictionary.com or Wikipedia or something,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I dunno…  How angry can you be when you’re wearing goddamned Yellow Crocs?<\/p>\n

Google is my pop culture crutch.<\/p>\n

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