[Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Nerd"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed Sep 23 10:09:00 UTC 2020
I don't usually post one-day antedatings, but here's one ...
nerd (OED 1951 [8 Oct.])
1951 _Detroit Free Press_ 7 Oct. D4/4 (Newspapers.com) If the person in question (formerly known as a square) is really impossible, he's probably a "nerd."
Fred Shapiro
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