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Nerd, Geek or Dork?

A bit of silliness:

Modern, Cool Nerd
56 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 26% 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 Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.

Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed.  It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in.  Not anymore.  Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic."  The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge).  They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!

Congratulations!

Comparison with other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 55% on nerdiness
You scored higher than 82% on geekosity
You scored higher than 34% on dork points

Take the The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test yourself.