What, exactly, is a nerd?

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<p>This, dear friend, is the definition of a nerd.</p>

<p>Poor, poor Dartmouth.</p>

<p>sort of a related topic.</p>

<p>What is the difference between a geek and a nerd?</p>

<p>Hey! He's not a nerd. He's spiderman.</p>

<p>I'm dying to know.</p>

<p>What's the difference?</p>

<p>And nah, he's much too skinny to be Spiderman. Spiderman is buff.</p>

<p>A nerd is typically very intelligent and socially awkward
A geek is also socially awkward but is not necessarily smart</p>

<p>I retract my earlier statement then - this person is a geek</p>

<p>A geek is a carnival performer who bites heads off live chicken.</p>

<p>/I'm such a nerd.
//I learned from Gary Larson what a dork meant.</p>

<p>what about a DORK</p>

<p>Isn't a dork a whale's ***** or something? Can anyone confirm this?</p>

<p>according to Wikipedia,</p>

<p>"The idea that [dork] specficially referred to a whale's ***** is widely regarded as false."</p>

<p>OK, here goes...</p>

<p>A NERD is a socially inept very smart person. Often they look the part, wearing big glasses, dress clothes, pocket protectors, etc. Typically they love science, math, and computers.</p>

<p>A GEEK is someone who has better social skills than a nerd but is an outcast. They often will love school but usually have one area of specialty (math, art, poetry, etc). Geeks usually don't conform and wear clothes from Hot Topic, don't like sports, and watch animay cartoons.</p>

<p>A DORK is pretty much anyone who acts a bit strange sometimes. They don't have to be one of the above. And it depends a lot on who is calling who a dork as well.</p>

<p>nerd = premed</p>

<p>I'm going to agree with Mac's definitions</p>

<p>A geek plays Magic cards and D&D, or stuff like that.</p>

<p>At my high school the lines between geek and nerd are very blurred </p>

<p>Tho some people that play magic cards are definitiely considered dorks (they're weird!)</p>

<p>He is an insult to our great state.</p>

<p>Nerd: Anyone on this website.</p>

<p>Fjm_001,</p>

<p>Speak for yourself. Just because people participate in intellectual forums does not make them a nerd /socially inept.</p>

<p>did you know the first person to use the word nerd is attributed to
DR SEUSS in 1950 in IF I RAn THE ZOO</p>

<p>(ps...it takes a nerd to know this)</p>

<p>If he/she can beat you up, he/she is not a nerd</p>