Words similar to nerd
Example sentences for: nerd
How can you use “nerd” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
While one could build a Nerd Hall of Fame, nebbishes are almost always anonymous.
In his July 11 piece, "Nerd vs.
Establishment Washington also overlooked the nerd millionaires because the cultural clues are all different.
(Einstein is an obvious example of a nerd who predated the term.)
Nobody--not William Safire, not the Oxford English Dictionary --has concretely pinned down the origin of the word nerd . One theory traces it to a throwaway passage in Dr. Seuss' lesser-known 1950 children's book If I Ran the Zoo . Another considers it a variation of the 1940s put-down nerts to you , as in "nuts to you."