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Or you may self-identify as a nerd due to your keen interest in a certain hobby or subject, like movies or grammar or whimsical parade floats. Nerd has been part of our lexicon for at least ...

Merriam-Webster recounts some other popular theories for the word's genesis, including the possibility that it evolved from the backwards spelling of "drunk," implying that nerds would "rather study ...