When I hear the word "nerd," the thing that comes to mind is someone deeply entrenched in an item's information. Then I picture Lewis from Revenge of the Nerds . Then, as my thoughts continue to race, I imagine computers, comic books, Dungeons and Dragons, and all four seasons of The IT Crowd. When I was reading my dictionary and came across the word "nerd", I was slightly taken aback by the definition. "A gauche person." Thanks to the last great American dynasty, the word gauche is present in the consciousness, so I am aware of the adjective's definition. Using substitution property, a person lacking in ease and grace of manner, awkward and tactless, is – by definition - a nerd. What caught my attention was the lack of reference to genius. Nerds are almost always represented as highly intelligent, brainy, brilliant people. However, according to ole Oxy, what made one a nerd was not the brain, but the behavior. Which made me wonder... were Compton ...
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