nerdfest
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nerdfest (plural nerdfests)
- (informal) A gathering of nerds or an event centered around the interests of nerds.
- 1994 November 27, “Home Computers”, in BusinessWeek:
- On Nov. 14, at Comdex, the industry's annual nerdfest in Las Vegas, Chairman William H. Gates III unveiled the Microsoft Network, an on-line service that he says will draw millions more consumers into the Information Age.
- 2007, Scott Adams, Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey Gods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More[1], Portfolio, →ISBN:
- At a recent nerdfest, where it was decided Pluto wasn't a real planet, one of the scientists held up a stuffed Pluto (the Walt Disney kind) and an umbrella, and wittily pointed out that Pluto was under the umbrella of planets that include “dwarf planets.”
- 2008, Danny Fingeroth, The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 293:
- Originally a single event in Sydney in 2000 named "comicfest", this expo has now grown into a country-spanning event, with gatherings in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth. A huge all-encompassing nerdfest, it attracts a huge crowd of Aussies hoping to meet their favourite creators and stars.
- (informal) Something which appeals to or is characteristic of nerds.
- 2009 December 16, Pat Pilcher, “Is Air NZ's in-flight tech enough to make flying fun?”, in The New Zealand Herald:
- The in flight nerdfest doesn't stop with video either. Air NZ has used active noise cancellation system supplied by local noise cancelling gurus, Phitek.