[Groxx]

Hah! Good point, hadn't thought of that one. Was trying to come up with some way the genderists could be offended.

I think the guideline might be based on that "geek" has historically been a negative label, except where applied internally (as many negative labels do). So when paired with a non-existent or neutral phrase, it takes negative connotations, while when paired with a positive phrase it becomes a new "thing", and no longer holds the negative slant.