It all started so innocently. A simple linguistic evolution. Geckus led to geek which eventually led to gleek and all of the numerous off roads. It wasn’t until the 1950s that the word geek became a part of culture, but geeks have always existed, even if the word didn’t.
Flowtown created this helpful flowchart infographic to show the evolution of the geeks and their various subcultures. Check out the source for the full-sized image. Hit the jump to see the full flowchart.