geeksta

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noun

An unfashionable, nerdy individual who performs gangsta-style music.

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Meanings

noungeeksta (plural geekstas)

plural geekstas

  1. humorousslangAn unfashionable, nerdy individual who performs gangsta-style music.

    Elvis Costello and The Talking Heads’s David Byrne popularized a cool geek style that’s led to Moby, Weezer, Vampire Weekend and even self-styled “nerdcore” rock and geeksta rappers.

    2008 May 23, David Brooks, “The Alpha Geeks”, in New York Times

Origin

Blend of geek + gangsta.

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APA

geeksta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geeksta

MLA

“geeksta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geeksta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geeksta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geeksta.

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