nurd

noun

1. nerd.

noun Slang.

1. a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
2. an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd.

noun

1. a variant spelling of nerd

noun slang

1. a boring or unpopular person, esp one obsessed with something specifieda computer nerd
2. a stupid and feeble person

n.

1951, U.S. student slang, probably an alteration of 1940s slang nert “stupid or crazy person,” itself an alteration of nut. The word turns up in a Dr. Seuss book from 1950 (“If I Ran the Zoo”), which may have contributed to its rise.