[Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Nerd"

[Shapiro, Fred]

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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