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Nerdfighter

noun

Etymology

From nerd + fighter; Nerdfighters was co-founder John Green's accidental misreading of the video game title Aero Fighters.

  1. inherited from feohtere
  2. inherited from fightere
  3. compounded as nerdfighter — “nerd + fighter”

Definitions

  1. A member of the mainly online-based community subculture Nerdfighteria.

    • The experiment birthed the Nerdfighters, a nebulous group of self-described superhero geeks who follow the exploits of John and Hank Green religiously, and who claim to be “made of awesome” rather than flesh and bone.
    • With the help of his brother, he is rallying Nerdfighters everywhere with the battle cry of "raising nerdy to the power of awesome."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA