Meaning of nerd revolution | Babel Free

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The phenomenon (associated with the growth of the Internet in the 2000s) of nerds and nerd culture becoming increasingly influential and socially acceptable.

informal

Examples

“One would think⟳ no sector would be more immune to a nerd revolution than the culinary world. After all, whether something tastes good or not is a primordial sensual reaction, and there is, in the end⟳, no arguing with someone who doesn't like⟳ how their dinner tastes, no matter⟳ how many statistics you can muster in its defense. But here too, the nerds are on the march⟳.”

“Ken, as an early leader of the nerd revolution, would be compelling — as would his failures to help⟳ make⟳ sci-fi be taken seriously.”

“I'm not saying that Napoleon Dynamite was the cause of the nerd revolution, but he still represented something significant. Napoleon Dynamite represented a massive shift in the public's perception of nerds and nerd culture.”

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