NERD

[nerd] n [perh. fr. nerd, a creature in the children's book If I Ran the Zoo (1950) by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)] (1951): an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; esp: one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits "computer ~s" -- nerd.ish adj -- nerdy adj