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Nerd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nerd (pronounced /ˈnɜrd/ ) is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other...
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Bluestocking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A bluestocking is an educated, intellectual woman. Such women are stereotyped as being frumpy and the reference to blue stockings refers to the time when woolen worsted stockings were informal dress...
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The nerd, a distillation of awkward male characteristics of the 1950s, was a social victim and outcast, if probably brainy. In 1985, Life magazine listed nerd traits as including adhesive-tape repaired glasses, high-waisted and high-water...
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Someone called me a nerd and I'm upset about it... ... Someone called me a nerd and I'm upset about it... because I don't want to be a nerd. Here are some of my characteristics: - I am an obsessive fan of a band called the Goo Goo Dolls, I consider them rock music but I'm not sure exactly what category they'd fall in.
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One of the characteristics of this state is that the activity is autotelic; you’re running just for the sake of running, or painting for the sake of painting. If you’re doing it for fame or fortune, it isn’t autotelic.
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One of the things that is simultaneously hilarious and frustrating about having nerdy pastimes is dealing with nerd anger. Sometimes it makes you want to laugh, and sometimes it makes you want to punch someone in the face. Worry not, I do not fail to see the irony in that statement. The funny thing about it,
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Although the idea of nerds is popular, those adopting the characteristics of nerds are not actually nerds by definition. One cannot be an authentic nerd by imitation alone; a nerd is an outsider and someone who is unable or unwilling to follow trends.
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