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nerd

[ nurd ]

/ nɜrd /

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noun Slang.

a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.

an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd.

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Sometimes nurd.

Origin of nerd

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; obscurely derived expressive formation

historical usage of nerd

See geek.

Words nearby nerd

neptunium, neptunium series, ner tamid, neral, nerc, nerd, nerdic, nerdy, nereid, nereis, nereus

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Example sentences from the Web for nerd

Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
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In one of the most distressing events of the year, nerd entitlement hit 100.
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She was one of the only female characters I could think of that was different and weird without being the nerd.
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Like so many others in the nerd world, I fell in love with Cards Against Humanity through its Kickstarter preview in 2011.
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One of the hottest tickets at the 2014 edition of Comic-Con, the annual nerd mecca in San Diego, was the Marvel presentation.
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She was gaunt and tall and geeky and talked like an engineer, with the nerd accent.
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British Dictionary definitions for nerd

nerd

nurd

/ (nɜːd) /

noun slang

a boring or unpopular person, esp one obsessed with something specifieda computer nerd

a stupid and feeble person

Derived forms of nerd

nerdish or nurdish, adjectivenerdy or nurdy, adjective

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