nerdboy
English
Etymology
nerd + boy
Noun
nerdboy (plural nerdboys)
- (slang, sometimes derogatory) A nerdy or socially inept boy or man.
- 2007, Burto Deluchi, The Rebuy, →ISBN, page 14:
- Nervy nerdboys gone dot.com rich who buy expensive sports cars to race them into rear bumpers instead of finally learning how to drive.
- 2010, Diane Duane, A Wizard of Mars, Harcourt (2010), →ISBN, page 52:
- “You behave,” she said, “or I'm going to let your mama and pop know just what they're trying to turn loose on the poor unsuspecting nerdboys of CalTech.”
- 2014, Amy Alkon, Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck, St. Martin's Griffin (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- Some guys can be a bit flirtation-blind—especially the nerdboys I've always gone for.
- 2007, Burto Deluchi, The Rebuy, →ISBN, page 14:
Anagrams
- bone dry, bone-dry, bonedry, dry bone