nerd courting

(Non-romantic) Attempting to earn another nerd's favor by appealing to their nerdness. Applicable in the tech world where nerds with power are generally difficult to get along with

- Dude, that Datacenter manager is real jerk, he says no to every request!
- Not Joe, he was totally nerd courting him the other day talking about proper cabling methods for an hour and now all of his requests get approved
- Not me, I totally nerd courted him by talking about proper cabling methods for an hour and now he approves all my requests!