I’ve written a feature for Anime UK News, looking at fandom and the way the language of fandom is used. It covers the changing meanings of the words “geek”, “otaku” and “weeaboo”, and I also try to come up with a way of defining fandom, a scale illustrated above. As well as referencing anime including One Piece, Naruto, Sword Art Online and Otaku no Video, there are some other things referenced in this column too, namely Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish and John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme.
Ian Wolf: Odd Job Otaku 
anorak? At what point between being a nerd and an Otaku do people turn into waterproof jackets? XD
It’s all explained in the article.
^-o Just playing with ya.
weeaboo is a 4chan word and always been derogatory term.
Thanks for that information. The whole “weeaboo” controversy was one that came up in the writing in the article so I know that it is a dangerous area to cover.