The euphoria you feel when (after a frightening number of wrong guesses) you guess the right password just before you're locked out of a seldom used program.
After four tries, she finally guessed the right password to log into Etsy. Shiela couldn't believe her luck, or the Nerd High she was feeling.
by Poetic Diva April 29, 2011
Someone who is really into names and naming trends over time. Commonly seen browsing the subreddit r/namenerds
by LizardInACan October 21, 2021
a refined nerd is someone who is a nerd in just about every sense of the term: they typically are highly intelligent, excellent with computers, watch Star Trek, play roleplaying games such as World of Warcraft, Warhammer, and Dungeons and Dragons, can recite Monty Python verbatum, edit Wikipedia, collect comic books and action figures, watch anime, read Tolkein and CS Lewis, go to the releases of Harry Potter at midnight, go to or work at historical reinactments and reniassance faires, and play chess, yet have a social life, dress nicely, play sports, and just by looking at them you'd probably never guess they're a nerd.
Hi, i'm Annie the refined nerd. i have a whole room dedicated to my comic books, my favorite way to procrastinate is to play World of Warcraft, I know how to program computers, i got straight a's in school, i've cut class just so i could re-read the Harry Potter books, i've watched every Star Trek series and i went as an Enterprise security officer for Halloween(the guys were all over me), i know all the songs from Spamalot, i dust my collection of action figures that i won in cosplay contests daily, i've read all the LOTR books and seen the movies, i've worked at a reniassance faire, and i play DnD every Friday with some friends i know from my fencing class. i wear glasses for reading, but they're flattering torotiseshell frames, not coke bottle glasses held together with masking tape. when I can't buy clothes at Comic Con, I buy them from Macy's or even Hollister. and oh yes, i don't stick pens in my shirt pocket and i wouldn't be caught dead in highwaters!
by vitaminanime February 04, 2011
When a nerdy couple's kisses often result in the scraping of their glasses and the result sounds like deer antlers (but made of plastic).
by Awesome Frog January 19, 2014
by Significant_Wyvern May 23, 2022
Nerd signaling is the conspicuous expression of stereotypical skills or values held by nerds, done primarily with the intent of enhancing social standing among nerds; commonly used as a pejorative characterization to criticize what can be seen as empty, or superficial support, of nerd culture.
"That's the power of math, people!" - Tilly, on Star Trek: Discovery, nerd signaling to every viewer that she's a smartypants just like them
by J.R.N January 26, 2019
by therippednerd August 22, 2020