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What is the opposite of "nerd"?
What is the word for people who are cool and sporty in school? The opposite of a nerd.
I once saw the word somewhere but couldn't remember it anymore.
Thanks.
26 нояб. 2017 г., 12:42
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Jock. "Jock" is slang for "athlete." It was originally short for "jockey," someone who rides racehorses.
Perhaps I should mention that male athletes usually wear something, politely known as an "athletic supporter," commonly known as a "jockstrap," to hold their testicles close to their body. "Jock" is not a bad word, but it does have associations with "jockstraps" and "locker-room talk" (vulgar talk in an all-male environment).
"Nerd" is interesting; the word emerged in my lifetime, around the 1970s. The best guess as to its origin is that it was invented by a writer, "Dr. Seuss," in a 1950s children's book called "If I Ran the Zoo." Dr. Seuss liked to invent fabulous imaginary animals, and invent names for them, and the narrator imagines bringing back strange creatures from all over the world:
"I'll bring back an It-kutch, a Preep and a Proo,
A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker, too!"
That's thought to be the first appearance in print, but how it acquired its present meaning is unknown.
26 ноября 2017 г.
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Jock is what is normally used to describe anti-nerd.
26 ноября 2017 г.
Yeah,that's it。Thanks Wei。
26 ноября 2017 г.
Chad, geek (yep), jock might be candidates depending on what you are looking for.
26 ноября 2017 г.
Jock?
26 ноября 2017 г.
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