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I doubted this too but a quick wikipedia search proved parent correct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd#Etymology
by jklp 7y ago
I doubted this too but a quick wikipedia search proved parent correct
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd#Etymology
- kbutler 7y agoDigging a little deeper into Google N-Grams was enlightening in a different way: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nerd%2Cnerds&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cnerd%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cnerds%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nerd%2Cnerds&y... There are lots of "nerd" occurrences before 1950! However, looking a bit deeper: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22nerds%22&lr=lang_en&tbs=lr:lang_1en,cdr:1,cd_min:1/1/1925,cd_max:12/31/1949&tbm=bks&ei=fR_UXMiaJLSr0PEPxOCT6AY&start=0&sa=N&ved=0ahUKEwiIzYjsu47iAhW0FTQIHUTwBG04ChDy0wMIXA&biw=1600&bih=1098&dpr=1 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22nerds%22&lr=lang_en&tbs=l... These occurrences break down into a few categories: - mis-recognition of "needs" or "herds", etc. - incorrect date assignment - possible foreign words If you also found this interesting, I guess we both fit in Dr. Seuss's zoo.
- c0vfefe 7y agoThat'll happen with most N-gram searches.