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nerd courting

(Non-romantic) Attempting to earn another nerd's favor by appealing to their nerdness. Applicable in the tech world where nerds with power are generally difficult to get along with
- Dude, that Datacenter manager is real jerk, he says no to every request!
- Not Joe, he was totally nerd courting him the other day talking about proper cabling methods for an hour and now all of his requests get approved
- Not me, I totally nerd courted him by talking about proper cabling methods for an hour and now he approves all my requests!
by CrunchyTacooos January 14, 2015
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tick nerd

A person who is into the Tick cartoon series a little too much. this person may been seen with tick action figures.
Hey Brian, you are such a tick nerd. I can't believe you actually have a tick action figure.
by Wes Felts November 20, 2007
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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
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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
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hungry nerd

a hungry nerd??? who loves the sun???
by cw oods January 20, 2022
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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
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Nerd Hole

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!
by Pryderi2 April 14, 2010
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