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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
Vocabulary

You Are A Good Nerd.

You are a good nerd.


According to a dictionary, the word 'nerd' could cause offence.

COUNTABLE NOUN

If you https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/say that someone is a nerd, you mean that they are https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stupid or https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ridiculous, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/especially because they wear https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/unfashionable https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/clothe or https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/show too much https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/interest in computers or https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/science. This use could cause https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/offence.

[informal, disapproval]
But when 'good' is added to it, I'm not sure if this is a compliment.
  

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anonymous According to a dictionary Collins is not very good. Use something else. A nerd is smart by definition, not stupid.

— Anonymous

  • anonymous According to a dictionary Collins is not very good.
  • Use something else.
  • A nerd is smart by definition, not stupid.
  • A nerd is socially inept, cheerful, ultra-intelligent, homely, and is unfashionably dressed to a painful degree.
  • It is an insult, but like all insults it can be a good-natured ribbing and a sort of compliment between friends.
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anonymousAccording to a dictionary

Collins is not very good. Use something else. A nerd is smart by definition, not stupid. A nerd is socially inept, cheerful, ultra-intelligent, homely, and is unfashionably dressed to a painful degree. It is an insult, but like all insults it can be a good-natured ribbing and a sort of compliment between friends. So

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anonymousBut when 'good' is added to it, I'm not sure if this is a compliment.

Maybe.

The word "nerd" is very recent and its meaning only recently stabilized.

A bad nerd is a hacker who tries to break into computer systems just for the fun of it, or perhaps with intent on mischief.
A good nerd is someone who can figure out the

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