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(noun)
The crime of unlawfully killing a person by a nerd.

Nerder is usually commited in a video game, chess game, or similar nerdy enviroment.

(verb)
to kill (a newb) unkindly and with premeditated malice.
12 yr old: I'm gonna team kill you
Average player: Fool, I'll nerder you...

nerd nerderer nerderous
Nerder by Nerderous September 8, 2009
Related Words
nerieds Nerielis Nerie neriel neriem NERFED Nerdery Neriah Nerded Nerdette
Typically applied to online regularly-changed/updated video games.

To "nerf" something means to reduce its 'power' or effectiveness within the game. Often times this is to solve some problem in the game (such as an 'overpowered' weapon/ability or super effective strategy), or to push the players in one direction or another (such as a new cosmetic/item/character).

Nerfs affect the 'meta' or prevailing strategy/characters/items used to win the game. In this way nerfs also give control to the developer of how the players play the game. i.e. nerfing a commonly used item to discourage the community from playing with it.

Some nerfs can be so drastic they change the very fundamentals of the game, and are often a contributing factor to the size of the playerbase, for good or bad.

Outside of games, this would again mean to reduce the things 'power' or 'effectiveness'. The exact analogy that gave birth to this term, is that of a Nerf Gun, compared to a real gun.
Oh man, they totally nerfed 'Titans Armor'! Guess I'll stop playing Golem now :/

They nerfed Irelia again?? Oh wait, its actually a buff. <-- (opposite of nerf)

Great, so now all the free-2-play guns are nerfed, guess I have to buy some to keep competitive. :(
An amazing best friend to have. Kind, generous, giving, gifted, funny, unique, beautiful in every way and is always there for you. Plus she gets all the guys with the moves.
"Nerea: that's hot."
"Me: Do she got the booty?
Nerea: she doooo."
Nerea by Brave 😘❤️ December 10, 2013
The term "nerfing" comes from the online gaming world of Ultima Online.

At one point in the game, the developers reduced the power of swords in melee combat.

This resulted in players complaining that it was like they were hitting each other with nerf bats, not swords.

From then on, if ever something gets made less worth while than it had been originally, it is considered 'nerfed'
"Oh man, they reduced the dmg on the berserker class and now it's totally nerfed!"

"Damn, the Devs nerfed those axe's real good!"
nerfed by Dave Elliott January 11, 2005
An old person who knows how to use the internet, mobile phones, or such gizmos and gadgets.

These rare creatures are to be nurtured.
At 104 @IvyBean104 on Twitter is among the nerderly elite
Nerderly by Hannibal_Lecture November 18, 2009

Nerdecise 

Nerdecise(verb):

The act of exercising while playing the popular game "Pokemon Go".
Yo Seth let's go catch some Pokemon and get our daily nerdecise to burn off the three boxes of Hot Pockets we ate.
Nerdecise by SnowNuts July 11, 2016