The ethnic minority's definitions
Wears checked shirts, sociable and intensely knowledgeable in the I.T feild, not to be confused with geek (antisocial, aspires to be knowledgeable), above all else a nerd owns excessive amounts of CAT5e cable, plus owns a laptop AND a lightly modded PC, this way he is never without a computer. The term nerd is of a high school playground origin. Nerds are generally feared and envied by none nerds, this fear is regularly disguised as hatred.
Nerd: Oh how I love to caress my PSU.
Popular kid: You're a geek.
Nerd: No sir! (goes on to give a detailed description of both terms)
Popular kid: Me and my thuggish friends are going to beat you up.
Nerd: Well at least I HAVE after-market thermal compound!
Popular kid: You're a geek.
Nerd: No sir! (goes on to give a detailed description of both terms)
Popular kid: Me and my thuggish friends are going to beat you up.
Nerd: Well at least I HAVE after-market thermal compound!
by The ethnic minority February 11, 2013
Get the Nerdmug.