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A.Word.A.Day--gearhead gearhead (GEER-hed) noun A technology enthusiast, e.g. a person with a deep interest in the inner working of computers, automobiles, etc. [From gear, from Middle English gere (equipment) + head, from Middle English, from Old English heafod.] "(Mark) Pauline and his compatriots were true hard-core gearheads: they 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." Brad Stone; Gearheads; Simon & Schuster, New York; 2003. "I might as well conclude with a gearhead's account of how to shut off splash-screen displays, even though it's probably more trouble than it's worth." James Coates; Windows 95 Software Works With XP Wizard; Chicago Tribune; May 3, 2003. This week's theme: slang/informal terms. X-Bonus I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

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