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It seems the report was written by a German. When the report was written (apparently around 2000-2001) "computer freak" was commonly used in Germany to describe
by _stephan 13y ago
It seems the report was written by a German. When the report was written (apparently around 2000-2001) "computer freak" was commonly used in Germany to describe what today would be called "nerd" or "geek". There's even a Wikipedia page: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computerfreak http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computerfreak It's not really meant in a derogatory way, it's just one of many annoying pseudo-anglicisms.
- kybernetyk 13y agoThis. Only after reading your comment I considered that "freak" might be taken offensive. We grew up with "Computerfreaks" here in Germany. I guess we Germans have a questionable talent of taking english words and making them our own e.g. "Handy" for cell phone. :)