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In some senses, nerd is marked as derogatory, slang, informal, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.
nerd
/nɜːd/
noun 5name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
real
VERB + NERD
call, married, talk
NERD + NOUN
school
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
The bullies used to call him a nerd at school.
1953 Advertisement for "Businessman's Lunch", a play by Michael Quinn, in Patricia Brown, Gloria Mundi 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.
2
One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
a computer nerd
a comic-book nerd
3
A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, technology, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media.
4
One who is stupid and socially inept or unattractive; a social outcast.
ALICE: Prithee , what might a nerd be ? GLORIA: A nerd is an idiot or other person absurd.
To much of the world, we in America are nerds. We don't understand the world we live in.
noun
1
Initialism of nonerosive reflux disease.
name
1
Alternative form of NERDS.
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Idioms & Phrases
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The bullies used to call him a nerd at school.
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1953 Advertisement for "Businessman's Lunch", a play by Michael Quinn, in Patricia Brown, Gloria Mundi They particularly enjoy making fun of one of their fellows who is not present, whom they consider
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I once found myself listening to a gay man who was saying wistfully, "I wish there was someplace you could go, maybe a club, where only masculine men would be allowed in." […] Ever tactful, I did not
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Four or five pens in one's shirt pocket is a dead giveaway for a nerd.
Tatoeba · #69406505
I'm not a nerd!
Tatoeba · #195014506
You're a nerd.
Tatoeba · #1950146Usage Notes
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