blerd

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of black +‎ nerd

Pronunciation

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Noun

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blerd (plural blerds)

  1. (slang, neologism) A black person who is a nerd.
    • 2015, Shelly Ellis, The Best She Ever Had:
      Thanks to the blerds at Black Girl Nerds and to the founder, Jamie Broadnax.
    • 2017, Kathryn E. Lane, Age of the Geek: Depictions of Nerds and Geeks in Popular Media:
      [] a growing collection of images of black nerds, or “blerds,” has begun to emerge in American television and film. While the flooded pants, suspenders, and bow-ties of Jaleel White's Steve Urkel might be the most recognizable example of the blerd in popular culture, others include []

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