单词 | inner geek |
释义 | > as lemmasinner geek Originally U.S. Designating a hidden or unrealized aspect of someone's personality, characterized as a specific type of person, as inner geek, inner poet, inner warrior, etc.Earliest in inner child n. ΚΠ 1955 Chicago Sunday Tribune 13 Nov. iv. 7/2 I had unconsciously used just that method of going beyond memory and thus getting into the inner child that I once was. 1982 L. S. Leonard Wounded Woman i. 23 There is within us [sc. women]..the positive and creative aspects of the inner archetypal father. 1990 R. Bly Iron John (1992) vi. 146 We'll begin with the inner warrior... The warriors inside American men have become weak. 1995 J. F. Garner Once upon more Enlightened Time 70 Her parents were off on a retreat to learn to release their ‘inner peasant’. 1998 Details Apr. 86/1 They may get name-checked on MTV..but..[they] are still in touch with their inner geeks. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 21 Apr. 51/1 (advt.) Whether you have a hankering to write a romance novel..or nurture your inner poet, you can find your voice at Gotham Writers' Workshop. < as lemmas |
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