nerd

“He doesn’t nerd out about that stuff — I’m the nerd. He won’t even let me use six Kaoss Pads onstage.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I’m a politics nerd who will be watching tonight’s election returns in real time, but I sincerely hope you won’t feel compelled to do the same.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

While fretting over such minutiae is far from mainstream practice—many doctors recommend simplicity in fitness and nutrition—a growing number of so-called datamaxxers have finally found their version of nerd Valhalla.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Herbert, a self-confessed "golf nerd", knew how close he was to history and despondently stooped down with his hands on his knees after missing the putt.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Though no nerd could outdo master bully Donny O’Doyle.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Only the location and name render it anything more than a UFC state fair: Comic-Con for fight nerds.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

But Allison and I rehearsed it like a play, and we would just run lines like little theater nerds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

"No-one's noticed it yet, so I'm sitting here waiting, like, 'Come on, nerds, figure this out!'"

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

This feels like a benefit because it conceals from patients the true cost of their care, while its shortcomings relative to other countries are noticeable only to policy nerds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Come to think of it, I remembered the day all the nerds and brainiacs took the special aptitude test to see who got into the gifted program.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman