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nerdy

[ nur-dee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, nerd·i·er, nerd·i·est.

Origin of nerdy¹

First recorded in 1975–80; nerd + -y ¹

Well, there are plenty of nerdy zingers hidden in those thousands of pages.

A harmless woman is being harassed online by a nerdy subculture.

So what happens to nerdy guys who keep finding out that the princess they were promised is always in another castle?

She sees the error of her ways and plants a kiss on his nerdy, astronomy-obsessed brother, Neil (like Neil Armstrong, duh).

Bobby Jindal is twice as nerdy as Ryan and 10 times less powerful.

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