This is a status of familiarity in a subject achieved rapidly. Imagine a small nerd, placed in one's pocket, ready to speak about a subject on your behalf. It is small, but serviceable, nerdiness and specialty in an intellectual subject, however narrow.
The word "pocket" is used in the same sense as that of "pocket calendar," "pocket radio," or "pocket pizza;" small, but serviceable.
This is similar to becoming a "jack," as in "jack of all trades," in a particular intellectual discipline, instead of a skill. One can extend the analogy of "jack of all trades" to "nerd of all interests."
I was talking about something with a friend of mine, and he began to explain one of its finer points.
I asked him to stop, before he continued, saying that I had read all about it, and provided further information that, perhaps, he might not know, as proof that I required no explanation.
Face was not, however, so easily to be lost, and I was declared a pocket nerd.
This is, apparently, the condition of one who, once any idle curiosity has been stimulated, will, by dint of hard study (see grip) quickly reach a level of depth of knowledge in a subject to rival, conversationally, at least, that of those who have kindled a casual interest in it for years.
"And to think, two weeks ago, you knew nothing about it!"
The term is often used by those who might otherwise apply the term "intellectual" to those who love knowledge for its own sake.
"Whoa, I didn't realize Ryan was so interested in socialism."
"You mistake him. He's just a pocket nerd."
It took only twenty Wikipedia articles for Oreol to become a pocket nerd.
"Ah, yes, I have achieved pocket nerd status in many disciplines, but few have held my interest for more than a month."
"I was impressed by their conversation, but I cannot tell whether they had an abiding interest in quantum physics, or had just decided to become pocket nerds for the duration of the class."
When a group of RuneScape players get together and fist each other for multiple hours, usually ending in a nerd orgasm that could fill the mariana trench with cum.
Guy 1: "Hey bro wanna come over and Nerd Log with the boys tonight?"
Guy 2: "Nah bro I have a girlfriend now, I dont take part in Nerd Loggin no more"
A man or woman's butt that has become so flat from multiple hours of sitting at a computer, it assumes the shape of a pancake.
"Damn son look at that nerd butt, what do they do to get that?"
"They work in IT"
The act of removing a "nerd" from a "nerd hole", often in manor similar to noodling.
Dave has to go nerd holing to get the CTO to attend morning meetings.
ADJ people that are interested in the things that most mainstream people looked down upon in the past decades of pop culture like D&D, science fiction, fantasy and that also includes like math and science, mythology and folklore
that nerd is so cool that knows lots about stuff
a nerd is someone what bullies would often pick on for being boring and nerdy. They would be into stuff like science fiction and fantasy media, math and science and also including history and comic books comic book movies therefore also video games, board games and as well as academics and education and they would often quite famous lines from their favorite movies and tv shows and be interested in the behind the scenes of filmmaking in their movies and get into LARP and comic con and cosplay. They are also into mythology and medieval folklore, retro gaming, retro computing, computer programing and computer science
that nerd is so cool that he`s even dating a cheerleader.
a nerd is someone who is into all things sci fi fantasy media, D&D LARP, cosplay, comic con and computers alongside technology, comic books and comic book movies along with retro gaming, retro computing and old vintage technology. Which also gets bullied by jocks and Queen bees in high school
I wish i could a nerd and play around with old computers like him.