nerdy

[nur-dee]

adjective

nerdier, nerdiest 

1. Slang.,  of or like a nerd.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nerdy¹

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

Example Sentences

I could feel the slightly contagious properties of fame; people were looking at me and wondering, Who’s the nerdy journalist standing next to Charlie?

From Salon

To him, the young coders were nerdy outsiders just like he’d once been, albeit ones from privileged Ivy League and Silicon Valley backgrounds.

From Salon

Typically, it’s an arcane and extremely nerdy process that occurs once a decade, after the census, and mainly draws attention from a small priesthood of line-drawing experts and political obsessives.

From Los Angeles Times

While the chancellor has been a massive supporter of the OBR, granting it more independence, this nerdy point could reflect some looming tension over its assessment of her economic policies.

From BBC

“Most kids that get into magic are very nerdy. We don’t exactly have the football players.”

From Los Angeles Times

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