nerd-snipe
nerd-snipe verb: to present someone with a very interesting problem to solve, distracting them from whatever they were doing previously.
Verb
nerd-snipe (third-person singular simple present nerd-snipes, present participle nerd-sniping, simple past and past participle nerd-sniped)
- To present someone with a very interesting problem to solve, distracting them from whatever they were doing previously.
- […]I am looking forward to revising this chapter when better tooling becomes available (or I get nerd-sniped into writing it).2022, Luca Palmieri, Zero to Production In Rust: An introduction to backend development in Rust, →ISBN, page 330
Forms of nerd-snipe
| third-person singular present | nerd-snipes |
|---|---|
| present participle | nerd-sniping |
| past participle | nerd-sniped |
| past | nerd-sniped |
| alternative form | nerd snipe |
| alternative form | nerdsnipe |
Origin of nerd-snipe
From nerd + snipe. Coined by American cartoonist, author and engineer Randall Munroe in 2007 in his webcomic xkcd.
Questions about nerd-snipe
- What does nerd-snipe mean?
- Nerd-snipe means to present someone with a very interesting problem to solve, distracting them from whatever they were doing previously.
- What part of speech is nerd-snipe?
- Nerd-snipe is a verb.
- What is the past tense of nerd-snipe?
- The past tense of nerd-snipe is nerd-sniped.
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