When someone who seems fairly mainstream blurts out something really nerdy revealing how nerdy they really are.
OMG! When Joe was talking about that book he really liked and then blurted out that, "if you look in the back of the book, it will tell you what fonts were used", he totally revealed his nerd tell!
by AdGuy June 23, 2014
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According to WIRED, “As a general group, nerds tend to be highly attentive to and focused on details — an obsessive need to know every last fact about their special interest, regardless of what specifically that is.3” While this article acknowledges the generalization being made a New York Times article claims “We’re All Nerds Now.” In this article, self-proclaimed “nerd”, Wil Wheaton says ““Becoming mainstream is the wrong word; the mainstream is catching up. Tech has become so ubiquitous and seamless in our lives,” he said, “and because tech and personal tech and wearable tech are such a part of our daily existence, we want to know more about them.c
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According to WIRED, “As a general group, nerds tend to be highly attentive to and focused on details — an obsessive need to know every last fact about their special interest, regardless of what specifically that is.3” While this article acknowledges the generalization being made a New York Times article claims “We’re All Nerds Now.” In this article, self-proclaimed “nerd”, Wil Wheaton says ““Becoming mainstream is the wrong word; the mainstream is catching up. Tech has become so ubiquitous and seamless in our lives,” he said, “and because tech and personal tech and wearable tech are such a part of our daily existence, we want to know more about them.c
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