Geek\ Speak

Geek\ Speak
Describes terms used by ... well ... geeks. Usually specific to a genre the general public knows nothing about.

These friends of mine play D&D, and are always talking in Geek Speak. They spend entire conversations discussing THAC0 and saying things like how about a celestial badger? and I choose to disbelieve!


Dictionary of american slang with examples. .

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