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Orifice out of which useless trivia about various geeky topics, such as science fiction TV or computers, is spewed.
Dude! Nobody cares about Firefly anymore! Shut your nerd hole!
Nerd Hole by Pryderi2 April 14, 2010
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Nerd Quota 

Limiting the amount of "nerdy" references you can make during a specific time period. This can be a personal goal or imposed by an annoyed friend. The effort is protect yourself from appearing lame.

EX: One Harry Potter reference a day; two Star Wars references if they're particularly clever; and one Twilight reference if it won't cause sexuality confusion.
Friend: How did you get home from the bars last night?
Me: I apparated.
Friend(Nerd Quota Enforcer): That's one.

Nerd Showing 

(n) late night screening of a movie, usu. midnight release on Thursday nights
Jose waited with the rest of those twifags for three hours in line at the nerd showing just so they could see it first.
Nerd Showing by Van Devious August 11, 2010

Nerd Sport 

A game that game enthusiasts (mainly nerds/geeks) watch or play for entertainment.
DUDE! DID YOU SEE THE MATCH BETWEEN LiquidTLO AND aTnDarKFoRcE IN STARCRAFT II ON YOUTUBE!? IT WAS FREAKIN' AMAZING!

YEAH I SAW IT! ONE OF THE COMMENTS MENTIONED WHAT I WAS THINKING: "THIS IS A NERD SPORT!"
Nerd Sport by Ophaq August 20, 2011

nerd cover

This is a subject adopted by a nerd to conceal his or her typical intellectual pursuits. The selected subject is often something not associated with nerd/geek culture but the nerdy persona can invest his or her intellectual capacity into. Instead of seeming pedantic the knowledge of the subject may be seen as admirable. The subject can be almost anything such as sports, agriculture, beer, cars, or crafts.

The interest goes beyond being a hobby as the nerd using nerd cover will either avoid or down play other subjects that might reveal their innate personality. Nerd cover can be used to redirect a conversation from traditionally nerdy subjects to being used to dilute obvious nerdiness in an individual's interests.
"Man, Brian seems like a total nerd."
"Maybe, but did you know he keeps goats and chickens?"
"That's just his nerd cover, don't get him started on the latest zombie film."

"Wow, Warren's fantasy football team is unbeatable!"
"Yeah, football is his nerd cover. He's a mathematician so the numbers come naturally to him.
nerd cover by Splynncryth September 30, 2012

nerd swarm 

The usual response to any minor factual error in a science-fiction or fantasy related article on the internet.

A nerd swarm is characterised by multiple, repeated corrections to the error along with reactions blown out of all proportion. See also nerd rage.
Article headline: "Why Tom Baker, the sixth Doctor, had such curly hair."

Comment: Tom Baker was the FOURTH DOCTOR!

Comment: fourth Doctor Who, dumbass.

Comment: fourth

Comment: Colin Baker was the sixth Doctor

Comment: He was fourth!

Comment: which curly haired Doctor do you mean, fourth or sixth?

Comment: You stupid bastard! Fourth!!!

Comment: fourth!

Comment: By the blood of Rassilon, I swear that I will murder your entire family for this! Tom Baker was the fourth Doctor!

Comment: You made a mistake. Tom Baker was the Fourth Doctor.

Comment: Fourth Doctor

Comment: Failure! Baker was, like, the fourth.

Comment: Colin or Tom, you piece of s**t?

Comment: Fourth.

Comment: Quick! Edit your article! There's a nerd swarm forming! For the love of God, edit it now!!!
nerd swarm by John Superman December 10, 2013