nerdcore

Noun

1. An intentionally nerdy style of hip-hop music.
   • Many nerdcore anthems — “You Got Asperger’s” by MC Frontalot, “Fett’s Vette” by MC Chris, “View Source,” by Ytcracker (“Eagerly awaiting my macro advances/running with my beta cuz I’m taking chances”) — are as much...
   • A nerdcore track would take loop samples not from popular industrial tracks, but from the synthesizers of a popular NES game like Dig Dug… - 2008 July, GameAxis Unwired:
   • Self-styled “nerdcore” rappers wear pocket protectors and rhyme about hard drives. - 2008, Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People:
2. The most dedicated nerds, especially in terms of computer ability.
   • We're tech reviewers, not nerdcore programmers… - 2007 December, HWM:
   • But the warmest spot in my nerdcore heart is reserved for the old-school pleasures of the Wii Virtual Console. - 2009 March 28, Darren Zenko, “Exploring the Wii’s retro charms”, in Toronto Star:
   • But it takes the right kind of noodle to make a great gaming rig worthy of the “nerdcore elite” (and we mean that in a good way) without spending a fortune. - 2008, Windows Vista magazine (Winter 2008)