Geek Crate, mystery boxes to fans of various geeky franchises, including Star Wars, Marvel, Pokémon, Harry Potter, Anime, and more. Each box contains a curated selection of themed items, such as collectibles, wearables, comics, and other merchandise.
Various subscription options, including one-off, monthly, bi-monthly, and quarterly deliveries.
The company works closely with licensed partners and creators to produce exclusive items for fans.
What are some examples of exclusive items created specifically for Geek Crate by licensed partners?
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The word geek is a slang term originally used to describe eccentric or non-mainstream people; in current use, the word typically connotes an expert or enthusiast obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit. In the past, it had a generally pejorative meaning of a “peculiar person, especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual, unfashionable, boring, or socially awkward”.
In the 21st century, it was reclaimed and used by many people, especially members of some fandoms, as a positive term.
Some use the term self-referentially without malice or as a source of pride, often referring simply to “someone who is interested in a subject (usually intellectual or complex) for its own sake”.
The word comes from English dialect G or geck (meaning a “fool” or “freak”; from Middle Low German Geck). Geck is a standard term in modern German and means “fool” or “fop”.
The root also survives in the Dutch and Afrikaans adjective gek (“crazy”), as well as some German dialects, like the Alsatian word Gickeleshut (“jester’s hat”; used during carnival). In 18th century Austria, Gecken were freaks on display in some circuses. In 19th century North America, the term G referred to a performer in a G show in a circus, traveling carnival or travelling funfair sideshows (see also freak show).
The 1976 edition of the American Heritage Dictionary included only the definition regarding G shows. This is the sense of “G” in William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel Nightmare Alley, twice adapted for the screen in 1947 and 2021.
This variation of the term was used to comic effect in the 1970s TV shows such as Sanford & Son, and Starsky and Hutch. In the Bounty Hunter episode of 1976 of Starsky and Hutch, stating that “a geek is a freak in a circus side show, who is kept in a pit and they throw snakes and chicken heads at, and he runs around crazy and gobbles them up”, and “in 1932 the geeks formed their own union”.
Professional wrestling manager “Classy” Freddie Blassie recorded a song in the 1970s called “Pencil-Necked Geek”.