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Nerd v World

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A History of the Nerd...

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so what is a nerd? Who are the nerds? Who are the geeks? Are you a nerd?

nerd/nərd/Noun
1. A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious: "one of those nerds who never asked a girl to dance".
2. An intelligent, single-minded expert in a particular technical discipline or profession.

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geek/gēk/Noun
1. An unfashionable or socially inept person.
2. A person with an eccentric devotion to a particular interest: "a computer geek".


the dorks may keep silent please



Its all about perception....
"Integrity" and "integer" both contain a Latin root meaning "whole; complete." The root sense, then, is that people may be said to be acting with integrity when their beliefs, words, and actions have a sense of unity or wholeness.
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Oh wonderful hee hee
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Is it just me or is the pentagram shape just a coincidence ?
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huns that depends if you are a geek, nerd or a dork ... oh or obsessive :D
obsessive = fundamentalist.... XD
"Integrity" and "integer" both contain a Latin root meaning "whole; complete." The root sense, then, is that people may be said to be acting with integrity when their beliefs, words, and actions have a sense of unity or wholeness.
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It's for me interesting to see how the worlds view of nerds have changed over the past few years. It isn't as bad to be called a nerd now as it was 10 years ago. Now it's rather okay and more err socially acceptable. On that note: more jocks/plastics etc. are starting to enter nerd territory. This is great, if only this would happen with race groups as well.
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I suppose there is still stigma to "nerd" but its fashionable to be a geek ^^
"Integrity" and "integer" both contain a Latin root meaning "whole; complete." The root sense, then, is that people may be said to be acting with integrity when their beliefs, words, and actions have a sense of unity or wholeness.
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