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Nerd (adjective: nerdy) is a descriptive term, often used pejoratively, indicating that a person is overly intellectual, obsessive, or lacking social skills. They may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, obscure, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical or relating to topics of fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.〔("Nerd | Define Nerd at Dictionary.com" ), "Dictionary.com, LLC" 2011, accessed May 13, 2011.〕〔nerd, n. Oxford English Dictionary online. Third edition, September 2003; online version September 2011. First included in Oxford English Dictionary second edition, 1989.〕 Additionally, many nerds are described as being shy, quirky, and unattractive, and may have difficulty participating in, or even following, sports. Though originally derogatory, "Nerd" is a stereotypical term, but as with other pejoratives, it has been reclaimed and redefined by some as a term of pride and group identity. ==Etymology== The first documented appearance of the word "nerd" is as the name of a creature in Dr. Seuss's book ''If I Ran the Zoo'' (1950), in which the narrator Gerald McGrew claims that he would collect "a Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker too" for his imaginary zoo.〔〔American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition, p. 1212, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston - New York - London, 1992〕〔Geisel, Theodor Seuss, ''If I Ran the Zoo'', p. 47, Random House Books for Young Readers, New York, 1950〕 The slang meaning of the term dates to the next year, 1951, when ''Newsweek'' magazine reported on its popular use as a synonym for "drip" or "square" in Detroit, Michigan.〔''Newsweek'' 'Jelly Tot, Square Bear-Man!' (1951-10-8), p. 28〕 By the early 1960s, usage of the term had spread throughout the United States, and even as far as Scotland.〔Gregory J. Marsh in Special Collections at the Swarthmore College library as reported in (Humanist Discussion Group ) (1990-6-28) Vol. 4, No. 0235.〕〔Glasgow, Scotland, ''Sunday Mail'' (1957-2-10)〕 At some point, the word took on connotations of bookishness and social ineptitude.〔 An alternate spelling,〔''The many spellings of Nurd'', Fall 1970 (revised (online ) 2015 )〕 as ''nurd'' or ''gnurd'', also began to appear in the mid-1960s or early 1970s.〔''Current Slang: A Quarterly Glossary of Slang Expressions Currently In Use'' (1971), Vol. V, No. 4, Spring 1971, p. 17〕 Author Philip K. Dick claimed to have coined the nurd spelling in 1973, but its first recorded use appeared in a 1965 student publication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.〔Personal Correspondence (1973-9-4) reported on (the web )〕〔RPI ''Bachelor'' (1965), V14 #1〕 Oral tradition there holds that the word is derived from "knurd" ("drunk" spelled backward), which was used to describe people who studied rather than partied. The term ''gnurd '' (spelled with the "g") was in use at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by 1965.〔More Mathematical People (D.J. Albers, J.L. Alexanderson and C. Reid), Pg 105 (1990), Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich〕 The term ''nurd ''was also in use at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as early as 1971 but was used in the context for the proper name of a fictional character in a satirical "news" article. The Online Etymology Dictionary speculates that the word is an alteration of the 1940s term ''nert'' (meaning "stupid or crazy person"), which is itself an alteration of "nut". The term was popularized in the 1970s by its heavy use in the sitcom ''Happy Days''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nerd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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