A term used in Scottish soccer newsgroups to indicate unwarranted hyperbole attributing special skills or qualities, especially to soccer players, with little evidence to support them.
Origin: Christian Nerlinger, a German soccer player who signed for Glasgow Rangers with great anticipation of his being an exceptional player but who later proved to be a grave disappointment.
Formerly Nerlinger's Syndrome.
Origin: Christian Nerlinger, a German soccer player who signed for Glasgow Rangers with great anticipation of his being an exceptional player but who later proved to be a grave disappointment.
Formerly Nerlinger's Syndrome.
"This boy may only have played for half an hour but I've seen enough to suggest we have landed a future great."
"No, you are just afflicted with Nerlingers."
"No, you are just afflicted with Nerlingers."
by Studs Murphy January 26, 2006
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1. The emphatic form of "nerd."
2. A term used by Futurama co-creator David X. Cohen to describe obsessive fans of the show.
2. A term used by Futurama co-creator David X. Cohen to describe obsessive fans of the show.
Translated from the Futurama Season 4 DVD Box Set:
*THIS DVD INCLUDES A SPECIALLY ENCODED EASTER EGG WHICH YOU ARE NOW METICULOUSLY TRANSLATING FROM AN ALIEN LANGUAGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO LIFE AND COMPULSIVE NERDLINGER. HOW SAD. ITS ESPECIALLY SAD IF YOU DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND YOU HAVE TO TRANSLATE THE ALIEN LANGUAGE INTO ENGLISH AND THEN INTO YOUR OWN TONGUE AND YOU COME UPON A WORD LIKE NERDLINGER WHICH REALLY ISN'T A WORD AT ALL. BUT STILL APTLY DESCRIBES SOMEONE WHO WOULD ACTUALLY TRASLATE SUCH A WORD. TWICE. AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE READING THIS TRANSLATION ON A FUTURAMA NEWSGROUP AREN'T ANY BETTER. WE LURK ON THOSE NEWSGROUPS AND WE KNOW WHAT NERDLINGERS YOU GUYS ARE. TOO. OF COURSE. YOU'RE ALSO PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST FANS. WHICH IS SAD IN ITS OWN WAY. BUT. SINCE YOU WENT TO ALL THIS TROUBLE TO TRANSLATE AN EASTER EGG. WE DO OWE YOU SOMETHING. SO HERE'S A SECRET ABOUT THE SHOW. THE WRITERS. PRODUCERS. DIRECTORS. AND MOST OF THE ACTORS WHO WORKED ON THE SHOW ARE ALL NERDLINGERS. TOO.
*THIS DVD INCLUDES A SPECIALLY ENCODED EASTER EGG WHICH YOU ARE NOW METICULOUSLY TRANSLATING FROM AN ALIEN LANGUAGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO LIFE AND COMPULSIVE NERDLINGER. HOW SAD. ITS ESPECIALLY SAD IF YOU DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND YOU HAVE TO TRANSLATE THE ALIEN LANGUAGE INTO ENGLISH AND THEN INTO YOUR OWN TONGUE AND YOU COME UPON A WORD LIKE NERDLINGER WHICH REALLY ISN'T A WORD AT ALL. BUT STILL APTLY DESCRIBES SOMEONE WHO WOULD ACTUALLY TRASLATE SUCH A WORD. TWICE. AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE READING THIS TRANSLATION ON A FUTURAMA NEWSGROUP AREN'T ANY BETTER. WE LURK ON THOSE NEWSGROUPS AND WE KNOW WHAT NERDLINGERS YOU GUYS ARE. TOO. OF COURSE. YOU'RE ALSO PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST FANS. WHICH IS SAD IN ITS OWN WAY. BUT. SINCE YOU WENT TO ALL THIS TROUBLE TO TRANSLATE AN EASTER EGG. WE DO OWE YOU SOMETHING. SO HERE'S A SECRET ABOUT THE SHOW. THE WRITERS. PRODUCERS. DIRECTORS. AND MOST OF THE ACTORS WHO WORKED ON THE SHOW ARE ALL NERDLINGERS. TOO.
by A Nerdlinger September 7, 2004
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Get the nerdlinger mug.Male nerd = player wannabe. Cant shake it or lose it in crowd. Wont go away ever. Looks a little cute but no persenalty to back it up. Can be used as it trys to use you to improbe its game. Age badly = get fat and uglier and nerdyer.
femme1: oh fuck, here comes that nerdlingerer again
femme2: shit, did you tell him we were here?!
femme1: no its a stalker too
femme2: man, i just want it to clean my car and now it wont go away - whatzitwant?!
femme1: a daate?
both: hahahahahahahahahaha
femme2: shit, did you tell him we were here?!
femme1: no its a stalker too
femme2: man, i just want it to clean my car and now it wont go away - whatzitwant?!
femme1: a daate?
both: hahahahahahahahahaha
by snottycakes-chelsea May 21, 2008
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by Angela Brown May 15, 2005
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