nerd

Etymology
. Attested since 1951 as US student slang.
 * Perhaps an alteration of ; see references below.
 * The word, capitalized, appeared in 1950 in Dr. Seuss’s If I Ran the Zoo as the name of an imaginary animal:
 * And then, just to show them, I’ll sail to Katroo / And bring back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo, / A Nerkle, a Nerd and a Seersucker too!
 * Possibly a rebracketing of as, as in he's inert = he's a nerd, in reference to one's competence or athletic ability.
 * Various unlikely folk etymologies and less likely backronymic speculations also exist.

Noun

 * 1)  A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
 * 2) * 1953 Advertisement for "Businessman's Lunch", a play by Micheal Quinn, in Patricia Brown, Gloria Mundi
 * "en"

- They particularly enjoy making fun of one of their fellows who is not present, whom they consider a hopeless nerd – until, that is, they learn he is engaged to marry the boss's daughter.


 * 1)  One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
 * 2)  A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, technology, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media.
 * 3)  One who is socially inept or unattractive, but often brainy; a social outcast.
 * 1)  A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, technology, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media.
 * 2)  One who is socially inept or unattractive, but often brainy; a social outcast.
 * 1)  A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, technology, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media.
 * 2)  One who is socially inept or unattractive, but often brainy; a social outcast.
 * 1)  A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, technology, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media.
 * 2)  One who is socially inept or unattractive, but often brainy; a social outcast.
 * 1)  One who is socially inept or unattractive, but often brainy; a social outcast.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:dork

Translations

 * Arabic: نِيرْد, غِيك, مُهَوَّس, اِنْطِوَائِيّ
 * Algerian Arabic: خَبَّاش, قَرَّاي
 * Moroccan Arabic: قرّاي
 * Armenian:, , բոտանիկ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 毒男
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zažraný mimoň,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: nerdo
 * Estonian: nohik, tuupur
 * Faroese: nørdur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: saoithín
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ナード, がり勉
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: moksliukas, moksliukė
 * Malay: nerda
 * Malayalam: ബുജി
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: nerd
 * Nynorsk: nerd
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:,  ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, бoтáн, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: штребер
 * Spanish:, cerebrito, , norio ,  , empollón ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:, หนอนหนังสือ
 * Turkish: nerd,
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) nerd

Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  intellectual, introverted and quirky person

Adjective

 * 1) nerdy who is a nerd

Usage notes
Until recently, this word was somewhat pejorative. Nowadays it is used both negatively and positively.

Alternative forms

 * nerdo

Etymology
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