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nerdship

nerdship noun: the state, quality, or condition of being a nerd.

Noun

nerdship (uncountable)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being a nerd.
    • Only my involvement with skydiving and overseas motorcycle touring prevented an astronomical case of nerdship.2009, Bob Berman, Cosmic Adventure: Other Secrets Beyond the Night Sky
    • Jim was surprised . He'd expected a counter - attack , not least on the matter of Peter's candidacy for nerdship.2013, John Burville Biggs, From Ashes to Ashes

Examples of nerdship in a sentence

  • I read all of Tolkien there, even the frickin' Silmarillion, under Monica's watchful nerdship.2020, Scott Brown, XL, page 32:
  • This was the ultimate in being nerds, I know, but we kind of owned our nerdship.2022, Carl Moellenberg, Carl Moellenberg's Story: Broadway and Spirituality as a Path to Survival:

Origin of nerdship

From nerd + -ship.

Questions about nerdship

What does nerdship mean?
Nerdship means the state, quality, or condition of being a nerd.
How do you use nerdship in a sentence?
I read all of Tolkien there, even the frickin' Silmarillion, under Monica's watchful nerdship.
What part of speech is nerdship?
Nerdship is a noun.

Words near nerdship in the dictionary

  1. nerdo
  2. nerdom
  3. nerdos
  4. nerds
  5. nerds out
  6. nerdship
  7. nerdsnipe
  8. nerdsniped
  9. nerdsnipes
  10. nerdsniping
  11. nerdsome

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