Category: "Nerd Words"

nerd-word Every day we encounter nerdy words trying to find their way into the common vernacular.

Here, I will seek them out and expose them for the phonies that they are!

Some will succeed and become common words, others will (hopefully) die a painful death!

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Thanks to Alexandra Gorbokon, whom I met in the Twitterverse (OH NO!!! It’s one of those words!!) and her idea for the title of this section!

Nerd Word(s) of the Day: Tighten Someone’s Wig

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In honor of today being 420 and the fact that I’ve already done a video on the origin of 420, today’s Nerd Word(s) of the Day are: Tighten Someone’s Wig: [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Flashpacking

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Flashpacking: backpacking but with flash or style. An incongruous mix of “slumming it” and luxury. Thanks to a tweet by @phillyd and his girlfriend who were setting out to flashpack [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Geeksploitation

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Geeksploitation:  n.  (geek-sploi-tey-shuhn)  The act of taking advantage of twentysomething digital workers who are flushed with pioneer enthusiasm and willing to work very long hours if bolstered by junk food, [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Cleave-dar

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In light of today being National Cleavage Day (We don’t have to work today, right?), today’s Nerd Word is: Cleave-dar: (KLEEV.dar) n. the phenomenon by which the eyes of a [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Kiddiot

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Kiddiot: (KID.ee.uht)  n. A young  hacker who isn’t smart enough to create his or her own hacking software and must rely on programs/scripts created by other people. In light of [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Aprilfooleryasphyxiation

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Aprilfooleryasphyxiation: Feeling of asphyxiation one gets by too much April Foolery. Due to the EXCESSIVE amount of April Fools jokes I have encountered today, I felt that this phenomenon demanded [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Twoogle

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Twoogle: asking your followers a question on Twitter, that could easily have been Googled instead. Another word to go with my obsession with Twitter. I’m certainly guilty of twoogling! Have [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Celebutard

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Celebutard:  (suh.LEB.yoo.tard) n. A famous stupid person. A combination of celebutante and retard. Celebutante itself was coined in 1939 and is a combination of celebrity and debutante. Can you think [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Tourinauts

Tourinauts: Tourists that tag along on space flights. The launch of the Soyuz TMA-14 this morning included another tourinaut, a repeat tourinaut mind you: Charles Simonyi. Other tourinauts were:  Dennis [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Idolspize

Idolspize: despising your idol. Keeping with the American Idol theme.. I would say that Ryan Seacrest idolspizes Simon Cowell. Do you idolspize anyone?

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Nerd Word of the Day: Frenemy

Frenemy: A portmanteau of friend and enemy; an enemy who acts like a friend.  Sometimes spelled frienemy. Not a new word, obviously,  as it was originally coined by the writer [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Nerdic

Today’s word is the “fastest growing ‘language’ in Europe”.. Nerdic.. no.. not Nordic.. Nerdic! Nerdic: The language of gadgets and technology.. basically the words that I discuss in this column. [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Textpectation

Textpectation: The feeling of anticipation one gets waiting for a response to a text message. You know the feeling.. glancing at your phone every few minutes… “Where is that text?”… [...]

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Nerd Word of the Day: Vajayjay

Vajayjay: A pet name or foolish slang word for the vagina. Coined by the creator of Grey’s Anatomy to avoid hassles from network television censors. Initially popularized by Oprah, Jimmy [...]

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