Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German
Date: 1914
A carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
Main Entry: nerd (noun)
Etymology: perhaps from nerd, a creature in the children's book If I Ran the Zoo (1950) by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
Date: 1951
An unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person ; especially: one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
(source: Webster Online)
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