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Example sentences for: nerd

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Or to cast that sunny goddess Cameron Diaz as a nerd?
But the popular understanding of nerdiness--that a nerd is an uncool person--doesn't stand the test of time.
Great reviews for this Eddie Murphy-Steve Martin comedy about a low-rent movie-maker (Martin) and his ragtag stable of actors: "Perhaps the funniest movie for grownups so far this year" (Richard Schickel, Time ). Martin, out of desperation, hires a painfully awkward nerd (Murphy) who has no film experience other than being "an active renter at Blockbuster" but who bears a striking resemblance to action star Kit Ramsey (also played by Murphy).
With the advent of the power nerd, we can no longer say for certain what makes a nerd a nerd.
But one of the greatest upheavals of the century is the liberation of the nerd.