nerd
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“He doesn’t nerd out about that stuff — I’m the nerd. He won’t even let me use six Kaoss Pads onstage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Math & Money: There’s never been a better time to be a math nerd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Any comic book fan knows that Spider-Man's secret identity is Peter Parker, a science nerd who gained superhero powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
That’s the part of this that, as a science nerd, I’m the most interested in.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Colin Singleton, noted child prodigy, noted veteran of Katherine Conflicts, noted nerd and sitzpinkler, didn't matter to Katherine XIX, and he didn't matter to the world.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
It’s built a long-standing resale market where nerds and weeaboos everywhere turned Charizards into cold, hard cash.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
There are social pressures, too, with a number of baby boomers saying their peers make them feel like narcs and nerds if they complain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
But Allison and I rehearsed it like a play, and we would just run lines like little theater nerds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
"No-one's noticed it yet, so I'm sitting here waiting, like, 'Come on, nerds, figure this out!'"
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
“Didn’t we promise to stop doing this if we ever started to sound like nerds? I think today’s conversation is the official marker of that moment.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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