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nerts en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Alteration of nuts to avoid vulgar nuts (“testicles”)

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, slang) Crazy; nuts.
    • "You'd be plumb nerts" says he, "to think of it." 1928, Joseph Patrick McEvoy, Grosset and Dunlap present Show girl, page 47:
    • But sweet Flossie Farmer, the lovely snake charmer/Was nerts for a snake in the grass. 1935, Elsie Carlisle, “Sweet Flossie Farmer (the Lovely Snake Charmer)”:

Forms

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more nerts Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most nerts Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

nerd

nerts en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Alteration of nuts to avoid vulgar nuts (“testicles”)

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, slang) Nuts! Expression of dismay.
    • FOUND HIM 'TERRIBLY NICE' She Wonders What He Thought When She Said, 'Oh, Nerts!' After a Bad Shot. 1933 August 19, “GIRL GOLFER TELLS OF BESTING PRINCE; Beatrice Gottlieb Returns With Trophies of Victory From British Heir”, in New York Times:

nerts en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Alteration of nuts to avoid vulgar nuts (“testicles”)

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A fast-paced card game played with multiple decks.