nerdhead
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Meaning · English
A nerdy person.
Register: derogatory, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Some moment of every summer finds me all out of canning jars. So I go to town and stand in line at the hardware store carrying one or two boxes of canning jars and lids, renewing my membership in a secret society. […] These folks must see me as an anomaly of my generation, an earnest holdout, while
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “nerdhead” mean?
A nerdy person.
Is “nerdhead” formal or informal?
nerdhead is generally derogatory, slang.