In article ,
 "DJ"  wrote:

> "Nerd" was outdated, and possibly made
> > popular by the string of movies, so they needed a new word
>
> Geez, and I thought the word "NERD" came from the 'FONZ'  !!

   Pre-Happy Days, National Lampoon had a poster of a "typical nerd"
   and disturbingly enough, it looked like me in junior high...

   Cap.
   (... disturbing to me, my friends all enjoyed it...)

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