Meaning of word nerd | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who is very fond of and knowledgeable about words, their uses, origins and histories, and who typically excels at anagrams, crosswords, and other word games.

Examples

“There was no denying it: After years of being on the fringes of the national SCRABBLE® scene, I had become a bona fide “word nerd.””

“This admitted word nerd has dug deeply into dusty dictionaries[.]”

“If you're a true word nerd and the definitions you get from an average dictionary just aren't satisfying, then what you need is the Oxford English Dictionary[.]”

““Is that some word nerd thing?” I chuckled. “You would not believe how much controversy there is over something as simple as whether or not to put a comma before the word 'and' at the end of a list.””

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