supernerdy

adj

supernerdy

adj

Etymology From super- + nerdy.

1

Extremely nerdy.

  • Back in the 1950s, science-fiction literature earned a reputation as the opiate of supernerdy teenage boys: sturdy but unimaginative prose that waxed rhapsodic about G-forces and interstellar trajectories.1996 July 8, Michael Krantz, “The Literature of Nerds Goes Mainstream”, in Time:
  • Microsoft was a niche business catering to a relatively small network of supernerdy customers.2008, Nick Tasler, The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All, Fireside, →ISBN, page 37:
1 more example
  • My top two prospects: the supernerdy redhead Kieran, because he looked like the male version of the sexy librarian and might be a vivacious animal under that maroon cardigan; […]2013, Ophira Eisenberg, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, Seal Press, →ISBN:
Synonyms
supergeeky, ubergeeky, ubernerdy, ultrageeky, ultranerdy

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