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  • noun colloquial, rare The attitudes and behaviours of a nerd; nerdiness.
  • noun colloquial, rare Nerds, considered as a group.

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nerd +‎ -dom; US, 1983. Note that -dom is used both in the sense of “domain” (nerds, as a group) and in the sense of “characteristics” (being a nerd, nerdiness).

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