Entry · catalog no. 0113
geeked
/ — /pending
adjective · DMV, nationwide · 2026
✓ Verified
1.
Extremely excited and hyped up. In older and parallel usage, high on a stimulant — the shared thread being a wired, buzzing energy.
“I'm geeked, we been waiting all year for this.”
Origin & Attribution
African American Vernacular English carried through hip-hop. Documented in 1990s rap — the Artifacts' 1997 "To Ya Chest" among the early citations — first for a stimulant high and then, in DMV and broader Black speech, for pure excitement, long before it trended online.
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide / diaspora
DMV, nationwide · 2026
Spoken by
DMV, nationwide
$GEEKEDThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Rising0 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
12/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2026
in the culture
Recorded here
2026
point of first record
Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.
Hear it spoken
By region — how it actually sounds
@auntiereg
Atlanta, GA
@deltasoul
Memphis, TN
Contribute your pronunciation
Citations & Sources
■
Artifacts, "To Ya Chest" — song · 1997
submitted
■
+ Cite a sourceKnow Your Meme, "geeked" — reference · entry
submitted
See also