Nerd is the word

[dougo]

Another lame OkCupid poll (link from misuba):

Pure Nerd 69 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 34% 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 all 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!

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 81% on nerdiness You scored higher than 46% on geekosity You scored higher than 54% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on Ok Cupid

Comments

[mizdarkgirl.livejournal.com]

I thought I was a geek. I was wrong..

[prusik.livejournal.com]

I thought I was a geek. Apparently, I'm a nerd.
At 78% Nerd, 56% Geek, 47% Dork, I'm a "Modern, Cool Nerd" (i.e., I scored above 50% on both Nerd and Geek.) Frankly, I'm surprised I didn't score over 50% on Dork.

You get to be "Purely Successful." (Given your previous employment and stock options, there's a nice pun in there somewhere.) My ostensible lot in life is to be someone's lifeline on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire. (OTOH, right now, I actually have stock options which have both vested and are above water. It's a very odd feeling. I'm not used to it.)

[rosminah.livejournal.com]

I am pure nerd apparently, 65 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 17% Dork.

My comment on your numbers: you scored 69!! tee hee

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

82 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 34% Dork

I thought I was geekier than that as well, but I think my flavor of geekiness is not well-represented by this test.

[dkuznick.livejournal.com]

I'm a "Modern, Cool Nerd". :-P