Who coined the word nerd?

Answer 1

A leading theory on the derivation of the word "nerd" is that Dr. Seuss created the word for his story, If I Ran the Zoo, in 1950. In it is a creature known as a Nerd from the land of Ka-Troo. It is the first time the word is found in print. Others claim the word began as "knurd" (before arriving at its current spelling) by researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the late 1940s. Students who partied, and rarely studied were called "drunks," while the opposite - students who never partied and always studied - were "knurds" ("drunk" spelled backwards).

In 1957, the Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday Mail defined "nerd" as a square.

Answer 2

Dr. Seuss, creator of many childrens books, created the word nerd, and therefore used it first. It was in one of his books where the child imagines he is a zookeeper. I'm not positive he used it in the book the same way people do now-a-days, but Dr. Seuss is your answer.

Answer 3

Nerd is an American student slang of 1951. An alteration of nert, itself an alteration of nut, meaning a stupid or crazy person. Nerd appears in the 1950 Dr. Suess book If I Ran the Zoo, which may have catapulted its' popularity into the mainstream.

Answer 4

The word "nerd" is believed to have been coined by Dr. Seuss in his 1950 book "If I Ran the Zoo." It was used to describe a small, unkempt creature. Over time, the meaning of the word has evolved to refer to someone who is intelligent but socially awkward.

Answer 5

The word "nerd" is of American origin, and was first used in the early 1960s. There is some speculation that Dr. Suess used this word first.

Answer 6

Docter Seuss invinted the word nerd in 1950

Answer 7

Dr. Seuss

Answer 8

Dr. Seuss.