The look is clean and very 'done' but the attitude and feelings are somewhat anarchistic. Usually outspoken, open-minded, and easy to get along with. Often talkative, with good sense of humor, although some are also quite shy when outside of their comfort zone (being creative). Good knowledge of music, art, movies, books, and creative stuff from both mainstream and non-mainstream media, they aspire to (or already have) careers in the arts/entertainment industry. Reads widely, often creates over multiple artistic mediums, and in some cases is very tech-literate. Some 60's influences in terms of fashion and iconography. Often natural hair color. Girls sometimes sport pale lip tints, dark eyeshadow a la' Edie Sedgewick, while guys are often into hats and caps. Vision-challenged art-nerds often lean towards retro or nerd style glasses, many owning more than two pairs of specs. Fashion influences come from Librarian, Nerdcore, Geek, Punk, 60's and Edwardian.

Nerd:
Person who typically does not worry too much about appearance or the oppostie sex (or any sex for that matter)
and normally does not even consider breaking rules. They are hard working people who are consider odd by the 'preps'.
There is a different between Geeks and nerds. Geeks may try, but they do not work to their full capability and are obsessed with electronics. nerds care about life and think of the future and become very successful.^^

Someone who is obsessed with art. Must be drawing all the time, takes art classes, etc. Alternative to orch dork, choir nerd, and/or band geek.

This updated version of the classic nerd comes equipped with an appreciation for music, fine art, and food. While not losing touch with his nerd heritage, the hip nerd is more socially accepted and able to matriculate into mainstream society by combining a love of technology with witty conversation and self-deprecating humor. Often underestimated in high school and college, the hip nerd often rises to the top rungs of society, winning the hearts of otherwise unobtainable women.

An extremely intelligent specimen that commonly dabbles in philosiphy, alternative-indie, culture, academics, humanities, art and the internet. The are usually very moody, sensitive, serious, observant, critical and cynical. They also usually find it hard to fit in with 99.9999999% of the people they know, because others commonly envy their intelligence in a myriad of areas. (NOTE: they are not interchangable with scenesters)

A person who identifies themselves/or is identified as a T&S nerd, is someone who has an unhealthy obsession with the Canadian rock band called Tegan and Sara. They refuse to have an "obsession", and categorize it as an admiration or fascination.
They know every quote, have memorized every lyric, belong to .ca and teganandsarabanter.com, they have seen virtually every youtube video on tegan and sara, and have educated themselves to the point of knowing every story tegan or sara has ever told on stage or in an interview.
There are entire international communities of these people, and they are usually lesbians, as both tegan and sara gay. However, they refuse to admit that the reason they listen to T&S is because of their homosexuality. They will often wear tegan and sara merch, the newly released shoes, own pieces of emy storey's art, cut their hair like tegan and sara, or listen to other bands that are affiliated with T&S. These people are far more numerous than originally predicted.

usually influenced at a young age by older anime such as pokemon, sailor moon, card captor sakura, and yugioh. (your average popular high school student probably watched two or three of these as a child. they grew up to become obsessed with society's opinions.) an anime nerd is simply someone who doesn't give a shit what other people think and has not lost sight of their inner child. their appearance can range from ugly to the most beautiful girl/guy you have ever seen. they have respect for the art form that is anime. once or twice a year they may spend their time at an anime convention making money or having fun (meeting new people, hanging out with friends, etc.). an anime nerd knows how to enjoy life (unlike some people). an anime nerd could be the person living next door. they could be the bag boy/girl at your grocery store. they could be your high school english teacher. they could be the man/woman you married twenty years ago.

remember, nerds are people too. and the majority of them have lives others are too stupid to accept. haven't you ever heard "don't judge a book by its cover"?