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{{quote|''"You're not a nerd, you're just -- coolness-challenged."''|'''Clover''', ''[[Totally Spies!]]''}}
A Nerd is someone who... actually, it is easier to describe a nerd as what they are ''not.'' Not smooth, not handsome not someone you would instantly describe as 'attractive'. Not, above all else, ''popular'' outside a very narrow grouping of fellow-nerds (and usually, [[Teen Genius|not at all stupid]]). Oftentimes, a walking, talking fashion-disaster. One definition of a nerd is someone who not only didn't attend his high school prom, but would be puzzled or even offended at the suggestion that he would want to. [[Hollywood Nerd|Most nerds portrayed in the media actually fail this test]], but real-life nerd [[Joss Whedon]] passes.
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The nerdiest nerd is a nerd who isn't even a [[Geek]].
One of the odd features of the nerd on TV is that they will be over-formally dressed (probably as a result of the [[Hollywood Dress Code]]) usually, at ''least'' a plaid polo shirt and slacks. In fact, in real life, both nerds and [[
Many, if not most, nerds are so socially inept because they actively dislike company with Average Joes and not so much because they just don't know how to act. Well, according to them.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Konata Izumi of ''[[Lucky Star]]'' is a self-described hardcore geek, despite being inexplicably athletic.
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== Literature ==
* Note the Geeky Wobbler's ambitions in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Johnny and The Bomb]]'': "Wobbler wanted to be a nerd, but they wouldn't let him join. He wanted to be the kid in a deformed anorak and milk-bottom glasses who designs killer software and is a millionaire at thirty. Failing that he'd settle for being someone whose computer [[Walking Techbane|didn't smell of burning plastic whenever he touched it]]."
* One of the earliest literary examples of the term other than Dr. Seuss can be found in the 1967 novel ''[[The Butterfly Kid]]'' by Chester Anderson, where it's used in a considerably more pejorative way than it's generally employed, in describing the book's primary (human) villain, Laszlo Scott:
{{quote|The trouble was that Laszlo was a skunk, a nerd, a slimy loathsome thing whose major joy was to bring trouble and discomfort to everyone he encountered.}}
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' featured nerds more than [[
* ''Beauty and the Geek'' is more about nerds than geeks, but "geek" is phonetically closer to "beast" than "nerd."
* Owen Pronsky from ''[[Less Than Perfect]]'' is a classic example, complete with [[Nerd Glasses]], social ineptness and overall weirdness. Also, he sells office supplies for a living.
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* Eric of ''[[Loserz]]''. See [http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/64 here]. He might still be a [[Geek]], though, and later manages to {{spoiler|get a girlfriend and get laid. Wish fulfillment?}}.
* Mindy of ''[[Cinema Bums]]''. Particularly on subjects related to movies.
* ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'': In [
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