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A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted, or lacking social skills.Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical, abstract, or relating to niche topics such as science fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.
In 2017, Dictionary.com gave five definitions, the fourth of which is "a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken." [ 8 ] The term nerd has a similar, practically synonymous meaning as geek, but many choose to identify different connotations among these two terms, although ...
"Anorak" / ˈ æ n ər æ k / is a British slang term which refers to a person who has a very strong interest, perhaps obsessive, in niche subjects.This interest may be unacknowledged or not understood by the general public.
How can you tell that someone is intelligent?At first glance, it sounds like a trick question with an easy answer, but the more you think about it, the more unclear things seem.
In modern Japanese slang, the term otaku is mostly equivalent to "geek" or "nerd" (both in the broad sense; a technological geek would be a gijutsu otaku (技術オタク) and an academic nerd would be a bunkakei otaku (文化系オタク) or gariben (ガリ勉)), but in a more derogatory manner than used in the West. [15]
The term is derived from the neck beard style of facial hair stereotypically associated with young men of more introverted dispositions, [citation needed] who may neglect social facial grooming and identify with nerd, gamer, or geek subcultures. [2] The term has also been associated with anti-feminist internet users. [3]
But the way that De La, 3K and others embodied nerdom made being a blerd seem really cool in a way that exploded the definition of nerd. Glover was always part of that cool-to-be-a-nerd movement ...
The Nerd, a 1981 Broadway comedy play written by Larry Shue; N.E.R.D., a rock/hip hop group fronted by Pharrell Williams; Nerds 2.0.1, a 1998 documentary film; NERD, a science and technology journal published by students of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur