über nerd

A form of ubernerd — An outstandingly nerdy nerd; a superlative nerd.

Meanings

nounüber nerd (plural über nerds)

plural über nerds

  1. alternativeAlternative form of ubernerd.

    But, at the same time, he would not have received his renown and survived on the music scene till today, if not for the fact that he is much more than a technician and über nerd.

    2019, Ewa Mazierska, “Patrick Pulsinger: The happy techno kid”, in Popular Viennese Electronic Music, 1990–2015: A Cultural History, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part III
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    You can set up Virtual PC to access your site folders as shared drives or, for the über nerds, if you’ve set your Mac up with Apache as a web server and are serving your sites as you develop them, you simply type in your Mac’s IP address or full domain name in the PC browser and you can view and test the site “live” . . . all from one Macintosh box.

    2004, Phil Sherry, “Mac Graphics and Design Issues”, in Foundation Mac OS X Web Development, Berkeley, Calif.: FriendsofED/Apress, →ISBN, page 33, column 2

    Therefore, I strongly suggest you eschew your beloved IDE for this chapter and dive headfirst into the realm of command-line programming. Doing so makes you almost an über nerd, plus it gives you boasting rights at those few parties you’re invited to attend.

    2023, Dan Gookin, “Caesarean cipher”, in Tiny C Projects, Shelter Island, N.Y.: Manning Publications Co., →ISBN, page 50
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