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Etymology

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From geek +‎ -ette.

Noun

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geekette (plural geekettes)

  1. A female geek.
    • 2005 March, William Powers, “Sleeping With the Enemy”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      The New York Times called it “another signal moment for bloggers,” while over at HardwareGeeks.com (“a community for sophisticated geeks and geekettes”), they were flying the victory flag: []

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