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supernerdy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From super- + nerdy.

Meanings

  1. Extremely nerdy.
    • Back in the 1950s, science-fiction literature earned a reputation as the opiate of supernerdy teenage boys: sturdy but unimaginative prose that waxed rhapsodic about G-forces and interstellar trajectories. 1996 July 8, Michael Krantz, “The Literature of Nerds Goes Mainstream”, in Time:
    • Microsoft was a niche business catering to a relatively small network of supernerdy customers. 2008, Nick Tasler, The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All, Fireside, →ISBN, page 37:
    • My top two prospects: the supernerdy redhead Kieran, because he looked like the male version of the sexy librarian and might be a vivacious animal under that maroon cardigan; […] 2013, Ophira Eisenberg, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, Seal Press, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most supernerdy Degree=Sup lexicographic
more supernerdy Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

ultranerdy · supergeeky · ultrageeky · ubernerdy · ubergeeky