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Nerd, Geek, or Dork?

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Posted on: December 10, 2006 4:10 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

Here is a quiz that will tell you if you are a nerd, a geek or a dork -- by the way, it also tells you the definitions of those words, too.



Pure Nerd

91 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 21% Dork

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.

A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.

A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.


You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.



The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.



Congratulations!



Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST









Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test

Comments

#1

Cool! Outcast Genius = 91 % Nerd, 65% Geek, 52% Dork

Posted by: The Ridger | December 10, 2006 6:38 PM

#2

Pure Nerd. 60 % Nerd; 34 % Geek; 34 % Dork
Makes sense given my profession, hobbies, and lifestyle: University Professor = Nerd
Writer of LOTR fanfiction = Geek
Clueless, fashionwise = Dork

BTW, Hedwig, how is the mouse-eradication campaign coming along? D-Con worked for us, although one bad aspect of poisoning mice is that you have no control over where they end up dying. I was smelling an odd odor one day when I picked up one of my daughter's dresses from the floor (she is not too good about hanging up her clothes) and found a dead mouse lying underneath it. I never told my daughter! This is a child who would sit on her haunches beside walls and address the mice within, warning them not to gnaw upon the little green cylinders. "You can touch them," she would solemnly instruct, "but don't eat them."

Posted by: Elf Eye | December 10, 2006 6:53 PM

#3

Tri-Lamb Material
86 % Nerd, 21% Geek, 52% Dork

"The classic, "80's" nerd, you are what most people think of when they think "nerd," largely due to 80's movies like Revenge of the Nerds and TV shows like Head of the Class."

Damn, got me in one...

Although I'm not sure why it's suggesting I try lamb.

Bob

Posted by: Bob O'H | December 11, 2006 2:31 AM

#4

Modern, Cool Nerd
60 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 47% Dork

Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic." The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!

Congratulations!

Posted by: kevin | December 11, 2006 12:49 PM

#5

Pure Nerd
69 % Nerd, 30% Geek, 39% Dork

My reaction? Um, that adds up to 138% ... these people are mathematically impaired ...

Posted by: lightning bug | December 11, 2006 1:43 PM

#6

I don't think that it's percentage of you, rather it's how much of a dork,geek or nerd you are.

My scores:
Modern, Cool Nerd
73 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 39% Dork

I would say that my Geek score is a little low, but otherwise it sounds about right.

Posted by: Kristjan Wager | December 12, 2006 6:42 AM

#7

I'm Tri-Lamb material, a classic 80's nerd. (That was in fact my highschool/college period!) (86 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 52% Dork)

Posted by: David Harmon | December 12, 2006 10:42 AM

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