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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 dictionary as <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
.
+The word itself is derived from Dr
. Seuss's 1950 book <i>If I Ran The Zoo</i>:
-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!"
+
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
.
+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 computer-related), while a [Nerd] is the stereotypical RPG-playing, smelly, social outcast
.
