Boston Globe – Birth of the nerd: The mysterious origins of a familiar character
By Ben Zimmer | August 28, 2011
“…Though ‘nerd’ has been a part of American slang for 50 years now, speculation about the word’s origin began brewing in the 1980s….”
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/08/28/birth_of_the_nerd/
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