"nerdom" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1983 April 1, Nan Robertson, “Tigers or ‘top girls,’ Valerie Mahaffey adjusts”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2016-12-20",
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          "ref": "2008 October, Will Smith, “Why Does Hollywood Give Nerds a Bad Rap?”, in Maximum PC, San Francisco, Calif.: Future US, →ISSN, page 9",
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