1
as in geek
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
was such a nerd in college that she spent Saturday nights at the library
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as in intellectual
a person with strong intellectual interests
an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen
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Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 1 Apr. 2025
Fair to say my ‘history nerd radar’ is tingling.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Poli-sci nerds will tell you that actual power lies at the point where will and capacity are synced up.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Carrie has a ridiculously expensive but surprisingly useful MFA in directing from Columbia University and will be forever proud of her early days as a theater nerd.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Nerd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerd. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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