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Author: David Elliott

Geektown Radio is a weekly entertainment podcast, which looks at all the latest TV & Film News, hosts interviews with people in the tv industry, and gives you the latest TV show UK air dates. It also includes our Geektown - Behind The Scenes podcast, which features interviews with people from across the tv, film and gaming industries.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Geekstorians Episode 10: The Secret Language of Geekdom - How Fans Built Modern Geek Culture
Episode 10
Tuesday, 17 February, 2026

Language doesn’t just describe culture. Sometimes, it creates it.In the Season One finale of Geekstorians, Dave explores the hidden history of geek language — how fans invented their own slang, references, in-jokes, and shorthand, and how that language quietly shaped modern geek culture and the internet itself.From handwritten letters in the back pages of early science-fiction magazines, to fanzines, conventions, badges, and costumes… from Monty Python quotes and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, to arcade slang, tabletop role-playing games, online gaming, text-message shorthand, memes, and chat rooms. This episode traces how fandom learned to communicate long before social media existed.Along the way, we explore how shared language helped fandom survive moral panics, cancelled shows, shifting technology, and changing formats, not through manifestos or rules, but through jokes, references, and community shorthand.Geek culture didn’t just grow around stories. It grew around conversations.This episode marks the end of Season One of Geekstorians. All ten episodes, plus the Christmas special, are now available.If you’ve enjoyed the series, please consider rating, reviewing, or subscribing. It really helps the show find new listeners. You can also share your thoughts on Season One over at Geektown.co.uk or on social media.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.