Definition of "nurd" [nurd]

• Slang Variant of nerd. (noun)

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• "The earliest appearance of the alternate spelling that is noted on the amateur scholarship sites that I can find is "nurd" in a 1965 issue of the Bachelor, which I have seen, and even probably have in some file boxes somewhere."
• "February 9, 2008 at 5:27 pm mee, tu…. wuz debate nurd! red proze an poetree, an did 2-man debayt …."
• "A bit of a prat, forsooth, but streets better than the self-absorbed dishonest nurd who we've endured for a decade."