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A person who loves the written word more than life itself, spending as much free time as possible reading random books, stories online, newspaper etc. Prefering to read silently than to watch TV and movies, or camping and such.
"My inner wordnerd loves the online variety of the written word"

"I'm not a bookworm, I am a wordnerd. Bookworms only read books. I read EVERYTHING"
wordnerd by Stiffinme September 14, 2012
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Word Nerd 

An avid David Cook fan. The term was taken from one of Cook's interviews where he admitted that he was a "Word Nerd" who constantly did crossword puzzles and loved vocabulary.
Amanda is such a Word Nerd. She votes for David Cook two hours every Tuesday night on Idol!
Word Nerd by dcwordnerd May 3, 2008
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Word Nerd 

A nerd who is good at word-related subjects, such as grammar and foreign languages, rather than math and science like a stereotypical nerd.
Person A: Did you know that the little dot on top of a lowercase letter "i" is called a "tittle"?
Person B: You're such a Word Nerd.
Word Nerd by IchigoxRukiaforever April 15, 2011

word nerd 

1. A cool person who spends way too much time reading definitions off of urbandictionary.com

2. A total GEEK who passes time by insightfully expanding his.her vocabulary by frequenting dictionary.com
GIRL 1: EW! Why is that boy browsing dictionary.com?

GIRL 2: That's Steven, he's a total word nerd.

word nerd 

a guy who always knows how to spell something or corrects your spelling or pronunciation
you writing dear brian i just saw the scariest movie about dinasars
word nerd its spelled d i n o s a u r
you your such a word nerd
word nerd by kmonz July 25, 2010

Word Nerd 

Name given to a person who reads lots of books
Word Nerd by dave January 10, 2005

wordherder 

The wordherder asked questions that demonstrated a lack of preparation for the interview.
wordherder by stilllovesfilm November 10, 2007
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