Nerdfighter
Nerdfighter noun: a member of the mainly online-based community subculture Nerdfighteria.
Noun
Nerdfighter (plural Nerdfighters)
- A member of the mainly online-based community subculture Nerdfighteria.
- The experiment birthed the Nerdfighters, a nebulous group of self-described superhero geeks who follow the exploits of John and Hank Green religiously, and who claim to be “made of awesome” rather than flesh and bone.2008 August 10, Timothy Alex Akimoff, “Big Sky nerds: Brothers still speak for underdog”, in Sunday Missoulian, page B2
- John Green is possibly best known for Vlogbrothers, the YouTube channel he shares with his brother Hank. Together they have formed a large community of so-called Nerdfighters (note that Nerdfighters are not people that are against nerds but are in fact people who are for nerds). […] Twelve-year-old...2012 January 28, Xander Wiersema, “A young girl slays inner demons while fighting cancer”, in The Vancouver Sun, page D6
Examples of Nerdfighter in a sentence
- With the help of his brother, he is rallying Nerdfighters everywhere with the battle cry of "raising nerdy to the power of awesome."2014 May 13, Caroline Vella, “Written In the Stars”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2022:
- Despite their affinity for new media, Nerdfighters are readers, many of whom have reported reading more than twenty-five books annually—an amount Hank once described as “a lot of frickin’ books.”2020 November 15, Jennifer Burek Pierce, “Introduction: Reading John Green and Writing Anticipatory History”, in Narratives, Nerdfighters...
Forms of Nerdfighter
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Origin of Nerdfighter
From nerd + fighter; Nerdfighters was co-founder John Green's accidental misreading of the video game title Aero Fighters.
Questions about Nerdfighter
- What does Nerdfighter mean?
- Nerdfighter means a member of the mainly online-based community subculture Nerdfighteria.
- How do you use Nerdfighter in a sentence?
- With the help of his brother, he is rallying Nerdfighters everywhere with the battle cry of "raising nerdy to the power of awesome."
- What part of speech is Nerdfighter?
- Nerdfighter is a noun.
- What is the plural of Nerdfighter?
- The plural of Nerdfighter is Nerdfighters.
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