supernerd

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ nerd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

supernerd (plural supernerds)

1. (informal) A very nerdy person; a boffin.
   • 2015 October 1, Manohla Dargis, “Review: In ‘The Martian,’ Marooned but Not Alone”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     At NASA, various brainiacs take hammers and tongs to physics at both the Johnson Space Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where supernerds take on the logistics of a rescue mission.