From garage hacker to TikTok trend: how the term nerd has changed in a single generation

The evolution of the word "nerd" in a single generation is an extraordinary linguistic and social case study. We didn't lose a culture: simply, a word migrated from the classic concept linked to ingenuity, science, mathematics, computers, and programming, to that of pop consumption and entertainment.

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