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Old 07-20-2011, 02:10 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by invader View Post
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, profession or subject.

I added "subject" to the second definition and I would also say that the second definition is the more classical definition of the word "nerd."
I guess that's one way of showing the definition of a word...
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