The term ‘nerd’ was coined by Dr Seuss

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The term ‘nerd’ was coined by Dr Seuss

Did you know the word nerd was actually made up by Dr. Seuss? It first showed up in his 1950 book If I Ran the Zoo, as the name of a funny creature. Want to see how a silly word from a children’s book took over the world?

Nerd out with this video below:

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