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- noun The state or quality of being
nerdish .
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Examples
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The reason I like writing Doctor Who is I am equally balanced in my nerdishness between literature, science and drama.
March 27th, 2007 aibhinn 2007
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At the peak of my nerdishness, I had a bike equipped with a 50w FM 144-148mhz transceiver, 8ft antenna, lights, radio, etc.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Proof that I am getting into shape 2008
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Gould was on to something, I think: there's something about Strauss's music, a talent for turning the raw materials of nerdishness and awkward enthusiasm into the most grandiose of triumphal statements, that's irresistable to the teenaged mind.
"Can it be that it was all so simple then?" Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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Gould was on to something, I think: there's something about Strauss's music, a talent for turning the raw materials of nerdishness and awkward enthusiasm into the most grandiose of triumphal statements, that's irresistable to the teenaged mind.
Archive 2006-11-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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And come on, statements like “a culture based on theft is a culture not worth having” are, if anything, antithetical to practical nerdishness: Just ask the Japanese.
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You know, yesterday the latest editions of Official US PlayStation Magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Popular Science and PC Week came to my door, and I thought, look at all this nerdishness!
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You know, yesterday the latest editions of Official US PlayStation Magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Popular Science and PC Week came to my door, and I thought, look at all this nerdishness!
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Operating with unashamed nerdishness in a prosperous part of Paris, it is a wonks' delight, churning out fact-studded reports on government performance in everything from macroeconomics to education policy.
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Operating with unashamed nerdishness in a prosperous part of Paris, it is a wonks' delight, churning out fact-studded reports on government performance in everything from macroeconomics to education policy.
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There are geek comedians, such as Chris Addison and Simons Bird and Amstell, who revel in their own nerdishness, while geek actors, including Simon Pegg, Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg, have conquered Hollywood.
Evening Standard - Home Richard Godwin 2012
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