Nerdistan

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(slang) A locus of high-tech industry, particularly a town or suburb where many high-tech workers live..

Definitions by Sense

1. (slang) A locus of high-tech industry, particularly a town or suburb where many high-tech workers live.
2. (slang) A place that appeals to technophiles.

Example Sentences

In the coming decade, we are likely to see the continued migration of traditional high-tech firms to new nerdistans in places like Orange County, Calif., north Dallas, Northern Virginia, Raleigh-Durham and around Redmond, Wash., home base for Microsoft.

For a long time, high-tech start-ups have clustered in suburban office parks along freeways, places that are sometimes called “nerdistans.”

It's a Roomba, an artificially intelligent floor-vacuuming 'bot, and this is the year mountains of them rumbled off the shelves not just of nerdistans like the Sharper Image and Brookstone, but of mainstream players like Costco, Sears and Target.

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