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nerd (n.)
1951, U.S. student slang, probably an alteration of 1940s slang
nert
"stupid or crazy person," itself an alteration of
nut
. The word turns up in a Dr. Seuss book from 1950 ("If I Ran the Zoo"), which may have contributed to its rise.
