nerd revolution

English

Noun

nerd revolution

1. (informal) The phenomenon (associated with the growth of the Internet in the 2000s) of nerds and nerd culture becoming increasingly influential and socially acceptable.
   • 2012 November 9, Richard Rushfield, “Revenge Of The Nerds: How Nate Silverism Is Ruining America”, in BuzzFeed‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-06-11:

     One would think no sector would be more immune to a nerd revolution than the culinary world. After all, whether something tastes good or not is a primordial sensual reaction, and there is, in the end, no arguing with someone who doesn't like how their dinner tastes, no matter how many statistics you can muster in its defense. But here too, the nerds are on the march.

   • 2013 September 16, Tim Goodman, “5 'Mad Men' Characters Whom Matt Weiner Could Spin Off — No Joke”, in The Hollywood Reporter‎^[2], Los Angeles, C.A.: Eldridge Industries, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-26:

     Ken, as an early leader of the nerd revolution, would be compelling — as would his failures to help make sci-fi be taken seriously.

   • 2023 February 16, Amichai Abraham, “Napoleon Dynamite and the nerd revolution”, in The Cord‎^[3], archived from the original on 20 June 2023:

     I'm not saying that Napoleon Dynamite was the cause of the nerd revolution, but he still represented something significant. Napoleon Dynamite represented a massive shift in the public's perception of nerds and nerd culture.