Skip to main content
Urban Dictionary Merch
Your favorite words on things you can wear, drink from, read, or give to a friend.
The Urban Dictionary Store sells gifts you’ll have to explain.
noun; one who practices the system of belief that requires one to love some combination of one or more of the following: anime, math, science, puns, dad jokes, and being uncoordinated.
That guy watches anime all the time and makes really bad dad jokes, so he must be a Nerdist.
Nerdist by PoopDeckPete September 8, 2018
Related Words
slang term adding (Nerd + Therapist). Christ Hardwick. One who uses wit, humor, intelligence, and talent for the purpose of providing therapeutic assistance to "Nerds" or those with "Nerdistic" tendencies.
I was spiraling into a black metal depression until the "Nerdist" gave me a way to laugh again.
nerdist by BJDEV March 23, 2011

Nerdist Colony 

Noun; A place where people of a geekier nature can be themselves without the fear of ridicule; an area where cosplay is accepted as being normal and out of costume people are rejected and despised. Normally a comic book store or a gaming shop.
Craig: Um... dude, why are you dressed as Spock?

Geoff: Oh. I'm heading over to the nerdist colony to flash my sonic screwdriver at some orion slave girls. Wanna come?

Craig: ...Sure, why the force not? *grabs Batman costume*
Word of the Day on November 1, 2012
The practices or behavior of nerds. Antics of nerds. Nerdiness.
Being a D&D/WOW freak, extreme gamer, or builder of insane bioshock costumes are all examples of various nerdisms.
nerdisms by carson810 July 15, 2011

Nerdissistic 

Having an excessive fascination with ones own nonconformist hobbies. Generally exhibited by an intelligent but single-minded person (i.e. a Nerd).
He's been acting totally Nerdissistic since he hacked the newest smart phone.
Nerdissistic by Auralgasm September 1, 2011

nerdistic 

1. the act of a very intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit deriving gratification or pleasure from random acts of nerdism

2. The pleasure or enjoyment of speaking in an esoteric manner.

3. The act of using computer jargon or messenger abbreviations in everyday audible dialogue

4. A general term for any nerd who truly loves and enjoys his/her stature.
"I love the way nerds act in a purely nerdistic manner."

1. "Dude...you totally pwned that warlock in WOW! Wicked righteous man!!"

2. Nerd 1 - "Remember that one time we did that thing with that thing on that game that was friggin' hilarious?!?"
Nerd 2 - "OMG! I know right!!"
Non-nerd - "What the hell are you two talking about."
Nerds - "Oh nothing you wouldn't understand it even if we explained it to you. It's kind of one of those 'had to be there' situations! HAHAHAHAHA"

3. "OMG I accidentally went into the wrong room for the meeting! Roffle!!!"

4. "I love being a nerd!!"

nerdistic by stuck2dasheetz July 10, 2007
More from Urban Dictionary

Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
Word of the Day on September 29, 2026
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
Word of the Day on September 28, 2026
NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026
Next