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nerderati

nerderati noun: an elite community of nerds.

Noun

nerderati pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) An elite community of nerds.
    • At the offices of Pseudo at 600 Broadway in SoHo, his legendary parties brought together the nerderati and the downtown art set.2009 January 26, David Carr, “Sundance Toasts an Early Online Life”, in New York Times
    • 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.2011, Jay Baer, Amber Naslund, The NOW Revolution, page 37
    Synonyms:
    geekerati

Synonyms of nerderati

Origin of nerderati

Blend of nerd + literati.

Questions about nerderati

What does nerderati mean?
Nerderati means an elite community of nerds.
What part of speech is nerderati?
Nerderati is a noun.

Words near nerderati in the dictionary

  1. nerdbrain
  2. nerdbrains
  3. nerdcore
  4. nerddom
  5. nerded out
  6. nerderati
  7. nerdery
  8. nerdette
  9. nerdettes
  10. nerdface
  11. nerdfaces

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