Today's Word "Gearhead"
A technology enthusiast
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gearhead \GEER-hed\ (noun) - A technology enthusiast, e.g. a person with a deep interest in the inner working of computers, automobiles, etc.
"Randy and his compatriots were true hard-core gearheads who loved the oily complexities of machines and understood the internal mechanics that are, to the rest of us, an inscrutable mesh of wires and servos."
From gear, from Middle English gere (equipment) + head, from Middle English, from Old English heafod.
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