nerd
/nɜːd/ · noun
Meaning
- (sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted
- (sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
- An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork.
- (post-1980s) A member of a subculture revolving around video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media.
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