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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!"
-
-Compare [Geek
]. And see YouCantBuyFriends.
+"The difference between
a [Geek]
and a [
Nerd] is that the geek can get chicks
."