geekerati

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

An elite community of computer geeks.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

It took until 1993 and the advent of Mosaic (a forerunner of Netscape) to move the Web out of the hands of solely the geekerati and into the realm of technological early adapters^([sic]).

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “geekerati” mean?

An elite community of computer geeks.

Is “geekerati” formal or informal?

geekerati is generally slang.