nerd

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

nerdsknurdnurd

1.
(derogatory, slang, sometimes)(slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
The bullies used to call him a nerd at school.
2.
(derogatory, informal, sometimes)(informal, sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
a computer nerd
a comic-book nerd
Đồng nghĩa: geek, dag, propeller head
3.
(derogatory, informal, sometimes)(informal, sometimes derogatory) A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, technology, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media. [from 1980s]
4.
(dated, derogatory, informal, sometimes)(informal, sometimes derogatory, dated) One who is stupid and socially inept or unattractive; a social outcast. [from 1970s until early 1990s]

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Đồng nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

. Attested since 1951 as US student slang. * Perhaps an alteration of nerts (nuts", "crazy); see references below. * The word, capitalized, appeared in 1950 in Dr. Seuss’s If I Ran the Zoo as the name of an imaginary animal: *: And then, just to show them, I’ll sail to Katroo / And bring back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo, / A Nerkle, a Nerd and a Seersucker too! * Possibly a rebracketing of ine…