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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Sunday, June 25, 2006 11:38:57 pm by AristotlePagaltzis
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-Defined in the dictionary as ''Pejorative applied to anyone with an above-average IQ and few gifts at small talk and ordinary social rituals.''  
+Defined [ in the jargonfile | JargonFile:nerd] as a <i>pejorative applied to anyone with an above-average IQ and few gifts at small talk and ordinary social rituals</i> . I don 't think you really want to be one of these.  
  
-I don't think you really want to be one of these
+In pre-InterNet land, a [Nerd] and a [Geek] were roughly the same thing. Today, a [Geek] is someone with a passion for technical pursuits (usually, but not necessarily, computer-related), while a [Nerd] is the stereotypical RPG-playing social outcast who is so tied up in their passion they don't see anything else, like making time for PersonalHygiene or stepping into the BigBlueRoom
  
-The word itself is derived from Dr. Seuss's 1950 book "If I Ran The Zoo": "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo / And Bring Back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo, / A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker, too!"  
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-Compare [Geek ]. And see YouCantBuyFriends.  
+"The difference between a [Geek] and a [ Nerd] is that the geek can get chicks ."