nerdcore
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈnɜːdˌkɔː/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈnɝdˌkɔɹ/
Noun

nerdcore (uncountable)

  1. (music genre, humorous) An intentionally nerdy style of hip-hop music.
    • 2008, GameAxis Unwired‎ magazine (July 2008)
      A nerdcore track would take loop samples not from popular industrial tracks, but from the synthesizers of a popular NES game like Dig Dug
  2. (slang, chiefly, attributive) The most dedicated nerds, especially in terms of computer ability.
    • 2007, HWM magazine (December 2007)
      We're tech reviewers, not nerdcore programmers…
    • 2008, Windows Vista‎ magazine (Winter 2008)
      But it takes the right kind of noodle to make a great gaming rig worthy of the “nerdcore elite” (and we mean that in a good way) without spending a fortune.



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