Nerd vs. Anorak

By Jaxson

Nerdnoun

A person who is intellectual but generally introverted

Anoraknoun

A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.

Nerdnoun

One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.

‘a computer nerd’; ‘a comic-book nerd’;

Anoraknoun

A geek or nerd, possibly originally either a train spotter or a fan of off-shore pirate radio.

Nerdnoun

An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork.

‘Only a nerd would wear yellow and blue stripes with green pants.’; ‘Nerds seem to have fun with each other, but in a way that causes others to laugh at them.’; ‘Why are you hanging out with that nerd?’;

Anoraknoun

a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater’ is a British term)

Nerdnoun

(post-1980s) A member of a subculture revolving around video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media.

Anoraknoun

a waterproof jacket, typically with a hood, of a kind originally used in polar regions.

Nerdnoun

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Anoraknoun

a studious or obsessive person with unfashionable and largely solitary interests

‘with his thick specs, shabby shoes, and grey suit, he looks a bit of an anorak’;

Nerdnoun

a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious

‘I was a serious nerd until I discovered girls and cars’;

Nerdnoun

a single-minded expert in a particular technical field

‘a computer nerd’;

Nerd

A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted or lacking social skills. Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical, abstract, or relating to topics of science fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.

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