Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
Nobody got attacked. Attacks are are carried out by rogue militaries and night stranglers. Calling people nerds and geeks is hardly an attack. If you'd ever used force to defend yourself you'd probably understand that, sparky. Get back to your safe space.
Nope, not Sparky either! LOL

And here you go, from our good friends at Merriam-Webster. Please note #2
Definition of attack

transitive verb
1 :to set upon or work against forcefully attack an enemy fortification
2 :to assail with unfriendly or bitter words a politician verbally attacked by critics
3 :to begin to affect or to act on injuriously plants attacked by aphids
4 :to set to work on attack a problem
5 chess :to threaten (a piece) with immediate capture
intransitive verb
:to make an attack They were unprepared when the enemy attacked.