How do you personally define the term "nerd"

[kyrax12]

Is it anyone that likes technology?

People that are working as computer scientist, engineers, and etc.?

 

[LevelSea]

Overly interested and invested in a particular subject matter combined with a lack of social skills.

 

[Arcadio]

Overly interested and invested in a particular subject matter combined with a lack of social skills.

As long as the subject matter requires zero athletic skill, then your definition is spot-on.

 

[JSt0rm]

I think of you, op.

 

[BeeBoop]

The guy you work for when you finish college.

 

[cronos]

Just look in the mirror.

 

[mitchelt]

Funny...the other day I asked my 7 year old if she knew what the word NERD meant.

She responded "it's someone that's smart".

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Overly interested and invested in a particular subject matter combined with a lack of social skills.

Pretty much this.

Growing up for me it was always:

Geek: Overly interested and invested in a particular subject matter. Very skilled in that particular subject and other similar subjects.

Nerd: Overly interested and invested in a particular subject matter. Very skilled in that particular subject and other similar subjects. Also is socially inept.

 

[Rakehellion]

Is it anyone that likes technology?

People that are working as computer scientist, engineers, and etc.?

Idiot savant. Someone with great knowledge on a narrow variety of fields but lacks common sense.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Hi!

 

[Ruptga]

One who
- plays or played any trading card games
- plays or played any tabletop rpg
- wears a fedora and isn't old
- has a scraggly goatee or beard they refuse to shave
- has no idea how the people around them live, is out of touch
- wants to touch boobs (or dick) but has no idea how

This list is obviously not inclusive, and not all nerds share the same set of traits.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The way I always pictured it:

Geek: someone very passionate about a specific technical subject, like gaming or computers, electronics etc
Nerd: basically the same as geek, but more over the top, and perhaps more socially awkward. Richard in Silicon Valley is probably a good example of this. (which reminds me I think I'm behind 1-2 episodes I have to check)

Though I think it's kind of like hipster, there's not really a true definition. I actually sometimes call myself a nerd if the context is right, like if someone makes a really obscure reference and I actually get it. "wow I'm such a nerd, I got that".

 

[Red Squirrel]

One who
- plays or played any trading card games
- plays or played any tabletop rpg
- wears a fedora and isn't old
- has a scraggly goatee or beard they refuse to shave
- has no idea how the people around them live, is out of touch
- wants to touch boobs (or dick) but has no idea how

This list is obviously not inclusive, and not all nerds share the same set of traits.

Those games must also require the use of a 20 sided dice. :biggrin:

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Nerd = wannabe geek, with better muscle control

 

[lucia]

wee and look... hey presto!

 

[nakedfrog]

Those games must also require the use of a 20 sided dice. :biggrin:

A 20 sided "die", if you're using the singular, which I presume by your placement of "a" in front of the "20" that you are. And why no love for the other polyhedral dice?




No, I'm not a nerd, I'm a geek. I have friends that are normal people.

 

[mmntech]

Geek = same as an otaku. Someone who's obsessed with a particular hobby or form of entertainment.

Nerd = A more academic version of a geek.

 

[rudeguy]

Just look in the mirror.

Cam here to post that.

Instead I will post this: