nerdette

Definitions

A female nerd.

Examples

“He shook his head. "It's in your impound lot. You know⟳ what a Barrett light⟳ fifty is?" "I'm a materials forensics nerdette, so, no. What's a Barrett light⟳ fifty?"”

“You might expect⟳ literary magazine to be filled with Goth kids and weirdos, but at this school lit mag attracts the best of the good girls, awkward nerdettes who care about Emily Dickinson and dream⟳ of the day they'll get⟳ their letter from Swathmore, […]”

“We thought I might do a few little tricks to impress⟳ her—make⟳ a barometer or a floating compass, say⟳, or draw⟳ an ellipse with a trammel, or just clue her in to, say⟳, fractions. Assuming she was enough of a nerdette to be impressed by such things, […]”

“Get⟳ off the stage⟳, nerdette. I do all the MCing around here.”

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