Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A foolish, inept, or unattractive person.
- noun A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.
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- noun slang, sometimes derogatory A
person who isintellectual but generallyintroverted - noun informal, sometimes derogatory One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
- noun slang An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a
dork .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- noun an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I was merrily typing away to friends in some primitive chat room on my IBM XT (super nerd), listening to some music (probably Flock of Seagulls -- nerd++), and watching Back to the Future with the sound off (neeeeerrrrrrrd).
Archive 2006-08-01 Kylie Willison 2006
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I was merrily typing away to friends in some primitive chat room on my IBM XT (super nerd), listening to some music (probably Flock of Seagulls -- nerd++), and watching Back to the Future with the sound off (neeeeerrrrrrrd).
Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder Kylie Willison 2006
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By Stephanie Castillo YourTango Whether you're a word nerd or a grammarian's nightmare, a study published in Psychological Science says that people with similar language...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com John Tsilimparis 2011
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My inner word nerd is jumping for joy at the thought of adding this kit to my life.
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Videoblogger Ze Frank is in what he calls a nerd fight with Rocketboom producer Andrew Baron.
2006 October Marshall Kirkpatrick 2005
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Videoblogger Ze Frank is in what he calls a nerd fight with Rocketboom producer Andrew Baron.
Rocketboom: Almost 10X Ze Frank’s Downloads Marshall Kirkpatrick 2005
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However sitting in front of a client and telling them they are idiots and they don't know what they are doing and what I call nerd flexing in front of them never goes over well.
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However sitting in front of a client and telling them they are idiots and they don't know what they are doing and what I call nerd flexing in front of them never goes over well.
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Babylon 5 which I consider one of the great series ... because it DOES have a logical and plotted progression ... still ends with that "noble sacrifice" business so popular in nerd-world.
Is a grim, dark, nihilistic view of the future in SciFi...groundbreaking? rabid1st 2009
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However, I feel that nerd is the wrong choice of words and something like geek would be better.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Yogi’s Review Forum 2009
jenlight commented on the word nerd
My favorite words all rhyme: word, nerd and bird.
December 30, 2006
icco commented on the word nerd
Word, Bird
You're a Nerd.
July 20, 2007
whichbe commented on the word nerd
First coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I ran the Zoo".
May 7, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word nerd
O WeirdNet, what level of significance must a nerd attain to cease to qualify as one?
June 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word nerd
Definition #2: ???
June 30, 2008
lea commented on the word nerd
"And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo And Bring Back an It-Kutch a Preep and a Proo A Nerkle a Nerd and a Seersucker, too!"
February 28, 2009
austinwords commented on the word nerd
Long before 'nerd' took on its present meaning, it was commonly used by cartoonists and graphic artists to mean eraser crumbs...
March 24, 2012