Nerdistan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nerdistan is a noun meaning (slang) A locus of high-tech industry, particularly a town or suburb where many high-tech workers live.
Meaning
(slang) A locus of high-tech industry, particularly a town or suburb where many high-tech workers live.
More Meanings
- (slang) A place that appeals to technophiles.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- nerdistans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nerd, nerdity, nerdhood, nerdcore, nerdvana, nerdery.
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