Friday, 4 April 2014

Nerb

Nerb: noun. According to skilled gamers (by whom this word was created), a nerb is a cross between a so-called noob and a so-called nerd. While a noob is someone who is not skilled at doing something (in other words a dilettante), a nerd is someone who goes out of his way to succeed at something through means that others find repulsive, i.e. compulsive studying. In the gamers´ world, therefore, a nerb is someone who, despite excessively studying the theory of game-play, "sucks" when it comes to playing the game itself. The word can be used in elaborate sentences like the following: "U nerb get out of the way," "Pls u stupid nerb, kill the tower, not the minions" or perhaps "Only nerbs would use a charmander against a venusaur," although the likelihood of someone even contemplating doing the last thing on the list is unimaginably low.  

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