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Are you a nerd?

Am I Nerdy?

How does one know if they are a nerd? Is it a look, a pattern of doing things or is it just a slang word for someone that just knows a lot about complex sciences?

Besides all of that, do you think you are a nerd? Why?

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Back a long time ago when I was in school, we used to nickname the really smart kids in class, a nerd.  I have a friend that knows he is a nerd.  He'll even tell you he's a nerd.  But he can build a computer and customize it to his liking.  He can also fix computers.  He's helped me a time or two to fix mine.  :)  I remember once back in school he got expelled for hacking into the school computer system.  He says he was trying to see if he could actually do it.  :

I don't think that I'm a nerd.  I mean, I am smart when it comes to certain areas, but not completely and totally knowledgable about things.  I still find myself learning about things everyday.  :)

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I don't know the answer of that question : but just to label someone as 'nerd' is bad Now, I know sometimes people joke around a lil bit and I don't see anything wrong with it as long as nobody feel hurt  but I do know, that some people pick on what they call 'nerds and losers' and I think it is so cruel!
What's a nerd? I think is a way to call someone when a person is very smart.

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I have a friend that knows he is a nerd.  He'll even tell you he's a nerd.  But he can build a computer and customize it to his liking.  He can also fix computers.

I guess by that definition I am a nerd too..

But it is ok... we can all be at one with the nerd side...

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I know I am a N.E.R.D. because it is my job title.

Network Emergency Repair Dude (Systems Administrator)

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I know I am a N.E.R.D. because it is my job title. Network Emergency Repair Dude (Systems Administrator)

Now that is just total coolness.  :)  I think you are the first person I have ever heard of having a job title whose letters will spell out nerd.  Your job must keep you pretty busy.

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...we finally met a N.E.R.D then! ;D

Edited: malexander on 12th May, 2006 - 10:55pm

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According to https://www.m-w.com/dictionary/nerd

Main Entry: nerd
Pronunciation: 'n&rd
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps from nerd, a creature in the children's book If I Ran the Zoo (1950) by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
: an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially : one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits <computer nerds>

I guess I have learned over the years to consider myself a nerd of sorts. After actually reading the dictionary definition I am not sure if I totally qualify as a nerd or not yet I have slavishly devoted to intellectual pursuits of computer sciences.

Offtopic but, I believe this is the first time I have ever actually used the word slavishly.