nerdlet

English

Etymology

From nerd +‎ -let.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

nerdlet (plural nerdlets)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A young or unimportant nerd.
   • 2000, Paula Danziger, Snail Mail No More, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 67:

     It would be nice to have a little nerdlet in the house who absolutely adores me ... which, if it is a girl, I can teach to accessorize.

   • 2010, Molly Price, White Trash Princess, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 71:

     She and her hubby go to the high school football games every Friday night, and every week she calls to tell me about a little high school nerdlet that sits near them.

   • 2013, Lisa Montgomery Kennedy, The Kennedy Chronicles: The Golden Age of MTV Through Rose-Colored Glasses, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 146:

     It was looking to be a stunning occasion, my coming-out party as a dirty debutante, and a family affair where my brother and his two besties from high school got to see this nerdlet all growds up on a national stage kicking MAC-smothered ass.

   • 2020, Jesikah Sundin, Æroreh (The Ealdspell Cycle; 1), Forest Tales Publishing, →ISBN:

     JESIKAH SUNDIN is a multi-award winning Dystopian Punk Lit, Fairy Tale, and Historical Fantasy writer, a mom of three nerdlets, a faeriecore and elfpunk geek, tree hugger, nature photographer, and a helpless romantic who married her high school sweetheart.

Synonyms

• dweeblet, geeklet, geekling, nerdling

Anagrams

• trendle