- Geekin’ is commonly used among African American drug users. It is usually said with exciting emotions. The person who is “geekin” is usually acting out of character that is necessary to describe that person as “geekin”. It is necessary to note that a person is usually “geekin” after becoming high on drugs.
Geekin
verb clipping
an individual who is acting out control usually due to taking a drug or other unknown substance
Etymology : Geekin’ is a clipping from the word geeking. There is also some semantic change from geeking to geekin’. The root geek is geeking stems from the German word geck which means a fool. It makes sense that geeking means becoming overly excited about a subject. The word geeking’ has become geekin’ which describes someone becoming overly excited due to drugs. An individual who is sober cannot be “geekin”
Source : I started geekin’ when I first smoked weed. Text conversation with friend.11/19/2019.
Last modified: 12 December 2019