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Blend of nerd +‎ literati

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nerderati pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) An elite community of nerds.
    • 2009 January 26, David Carr, “Sundance Toasts an Early Online Life”, in New York Times[1]:
      At the offices of Pseudo at 600 Broadway in SoHo, his legendary parties brought together the nerderati and the downtown art set.
    • 2011, Jay Baer, Amber Naslund, The NOW Revolution, page 37:
      It's likely that if you don't already have one or more social media nerderati in residence, you're going to need one soon.

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