Supernerd

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very nerdy person; a boffin. informal

    "At NASA, various brainiacs take hammers and tongs to physics at both the Johnson Space Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where supernerds take on the logistics of a rescue mission."

Example

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"At NASA, various brainiacs take hammers and tongs to physics at both the Johnson Space Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where supernerds take on the logistics of a rescue mission."

Etymology

From super- + nerd.

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