nerderati

English

Etymology

Blend of nerd +‎ literati

Pronunciation

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Noun

nerderati pl (plural only)

1. (slang) An elite community of nerds.
   • 2009 January 26, David Carr, “Sundance Toasts an Early Online Life”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     At the offices of Pseudo at 600 Broadway in SoHo, his legendary parties brought together the nerderati and the downtown art set.

   • 2011, Jay Baer, Amber Naslund, The NOW Revolution, page 37:

     It's likely that if you don't already have one or more social media nerderati in residence, you're going to need one soon.

Synonyms

• geekerati

Anagrams

• irredenta, renardite, retrained, trainered