nerdling

tammanycall commented on the word nerdling

An inexperienced an naive computer hacker who needs to spread his wings and fly.

April 14, 2009

chained_bear commented on the word nerdling

I protest! That's not the definition for nerdling—it's a geekling! There's a difference between nerds and geeks. Just ask any of us... er... either of us.

April 15, 2009

tammanycall commented on the word nerdling

Of course there's a difference between nerds and geeks. A nerd's defining characteristic is general smartness. A geek's is a deep and obsessive love of a specific subject. A nerd can be a geek when it comes to a certain topic, but not all geeks are nerds, and no one can be a geek about everything.

April 15, 2009

chained_bear commented on the word nerdling

Well spake! But I would argue, based on your own explanation, that in the definition here (except for the word "naive," which I just noticed--duh--and which seems a bit ambiguous in this definition), a hacker is by definition a geek (knows a lot about hacking), and not necessarily a nerd ("naive").

Signed, One Who Loves a Geek

April 15, 2009

seanahan commented on the word nerdling

The Jargon File has a number of interesting synonyms for this (as expected), including the standard newbie and the interesting chainik.

April 15, 2009

SlSlR commented on the word nerdling

It's a small kid on his/her way to becoming a fully fledged nerd

June 8, 2009