On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 06:46:43AM -0500, Shapiro, Fred wrote: > > The etymological note in OED, s.v. _nerd_, dates the Random > House Historical Dictionary of Slang 1977. Should this be > 1997? Yes. Jesse Sheidlower OED ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org