nerd
Example Sentences
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Most importantly, his company doesn’t want this to feel like school; these hosts should be less dry academics and more die-hard nerds about their subjects.
From Los Angeles Times
The tech nerds are high-fiving in Silicon Valley.
From MarketWatch
The real action took place during hundreds of happy hours, invite-only dinners and exclusive yacht parties where nerds have never been so cool.
That drove me crazy as a kid, and not only because Zeke, the eldest, occasionally got better grades, nerd that he was.
And then “Hedda,” I’m a theater nerd too, so I just really go by my passion, and I’m really compelled by just interesting characters.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
