What (who) is American Nerd - definition
American Nerd
BOOK BY BENJAMIN NUGENT
American Nerd: The Story of My People is a book by Benjamin Nugent. The book discusses the history and origin of the term "nerd", as well as what the term means in today's age.
computer nerd
DESCRIPTIVE TERM, OFTEN USED PEJORATIVELY, INDICATING THAT A PERSON IS OVERLY INTELLECTUAL, OBSESSIVE, OR SOCIALLY IMPAIRED, WHILE TENDING TO CONDUCT CHARACTERISTIC ACTIVITIES LIKE COMPUTING AND SCIENCE
Nerdy; Gnurd; Nerd wave; Computer Geek; Computer nerd; Nerdiness; Nerd Girl; Nerd humor; Math geek; Computer nerds; Neo geek; Nerd canon; Nerd girl; Science nerd; Nerd pride; Nerd culture; Nerd subculture; Blerd; 🤓; Nerd archetype; Nerd stereotype; Aserd; Femerd; Why Nerds are Unpopular
Nerd pride
DESCRIPTIVE TERM, OFTEN USED PEJORATIVELY, INDICATING THAT A PERSON IS OVERLY INTELLECTUAL, OBSESSIVE, OR SOCIALLY IMPAIRED, WHILE TENDING TO CONDUCT CHARACTERISTIC ACTIVITIES LIKE COMPUTING AND SCIENCE
Nerdy; Gnurd; Nerd wave; Computer Geek; Computer nerd; Nerdiness; Nerd Girl; Nerd humor; Math geek; Computer nerds; Neo geek; Nerd canon; Nerd girl; Science nerd; Nerd pride; Nerd culture; Nerd subculture; Blerd; 🤓; Nerd archetype; Nerd stereotype; Aserd; Femerd; Why Nerds are Unpopular
<body> The Nerd Pride movement, modeled on the Gay Pride
movement, was started at MIT by Professors Gerald Sussman
and Hal Abelson. Nerd pride paraphernalia includes baseball
hats, buttons and - of course - pocket protectors.
"My idea is to present an image to children that it is good to
be intellectual, and not to care about the peer pressures to
be anti-intellectual. I want every child to turn into a nerd
- where that means someone who prefers studying and learning
to competing for social dominance".
-- Gerald Sussman, quoted by Katie Hafner, "New York Times",
1994-08-29.
(1994-11-11)
