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Originally Posted by stulagu
The more I think about it, the more I think that nerd is much less of an insult than dork. Dork is worse than geek as well. In my opinion, geek is less insulting than nerd is much less insulting than dork.
Dork seems to be a term of being totally socially inept and awkward. At least geek and nerd involve brains. Or maybe my definitions are totally different from others'.
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yeah the term "nerd" has definitely been adopted to mean "expertise in" or "affinity for" certain subjects. It's almost funny listening to people who are completely socially revered say things like, "I was a rock n' roll nerd" or "I'm a total NFL nerd" or something is really mainstream and socially acceptable.
Even super-model actresses use the shit in interviews now knowing they were never bullied or picked upon a day in their lives. So I'd agree with you that dork would be a more accurate description of the social ineptitude that Keith means when he says "nerd" these days BUT...
I think Keith is trying to take the word back to it's original meaning. Hell, it probably never stopped meaning the same thing it always meant for Keith.