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!!!

by John Superman December 10, 2013

hungry nerd

a hungry nerd??? who loves the sun???

I love hungry nerds.

by cw oods January 20, 2022

Webmaster Nerd

A fanboy to webmastering a website

Josh is a total Webmaster Nerd he runs 8 sites at once!

by Anonymous April 22, 2003

Nerd Pay

A person who uses a pay app from their mobile phone to complete a purchase transaction.

Customer: "Excuse me, am I able to use Google Pay?"
Man next in line: "NERD PAY"

by TheRandomGamer76 February 24, 2020

Console nerd

Person who either bought a nintendo, xbox, or playstaion. Not all people who have consoles are console nerds. A console nerd is a die hard fan who can tell you why their console is the best in 6.9 seconds

Person 1 PlAySTAtioN is SUpErrIor tO ThE xbOx 1
Person 2 console nerd

by Large cranium neanderthal September 21, 2020

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.

by Van Devious August 11, 2010

Nerd Osmosis

When a person becomes aware of an aspect of nerd culture by simply interacting with nerd communities.

"This Warhammer 40K thing is pretty crazy, how did you hear about it?"
"I don't know. I play a lot of video games. I guess I picked it up through nerd osmosis"

by Koatam October 14, 2020