What is the difference bt. “nerd” and “smart”?
How come people call smart people “nerd”? I don’t understand. I looked it up and it says “boringly studious and lacks social skills”. But this girl in my class who’s unbelievably smart, doesn’t study but get A’s and skips school a lot and she’s super friendly and funny. But just because she wears glasses, have braces and frankly, her fashion isn’t that great, people call her “nerd” and make fun of her. Are they using the word correctly? She doesn’t lack social skills and she’s not excessively studious and she’s definitely not boring. (English is not my first language, btw).