n. 1. a person who is predominantly a tool but who also displays conspicuous nerd traits. COMPARE toolnerd
Ben is unquestionably a tool: witness his pompous verbiage and affected white shoes. Yet he is undeniably nerdy, as well: his squirrelly face and squinty glasses could only belong to a nerd. Since he is more tool than nerd, he is a nerdtool.
When you're trekking upstate and randomly find a lawn chaired person reading "Death by Black Hole" you know you found a nermit.
"It's bad enough Eryn won’t come to the bop but she lives so far away, it’s a journey to get there just so she can tell us she won’t come because human contact!"