nerdfury
n.— «At that point, what drivingblind likes to call the nerdfury will begin. Posters will show up from nowhere to shower you with disdain, tell you how that place used to be good but has now totally sold out and—most important to your quest—will tell you where you would have gone if you were not some sort of mouth breathing water buffalo.» —“Hunting Vegetarians with Ted Nugent” by Robert Donoghue Robert Donoghue (Columbia, Maryland) Nov. 7, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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