nerdling

plural nerdlings

1. derogatoryslangsometimesA young or unimportant nerd.

   I have merely scratched the surface of life with your nerdling.

   2010, Ken Denmead, Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share, Gotham Books, →ISBN

   2 more examples

   To a nerdling it was appealing for obvious reasons — ghosts, time travel and moderate violence - but I think there were probably deeper emotions at work within me.

   2010, Simon Pegg, Nerd Do Well, Arrow Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 54

   When I was a young nerdling, I loved the video game “Ultima” – not because of the raping and the pillaging, but because you spent most of your time exploring a huge map of the world.

   2011, Christopher Schwarz, The Workbench Design Book: The Art & Philosophy of Building Better Benches, F+W Media, →ISBN, page 209

   Synonyms: dweeblet, geeklet, geekling, nerdlet