>>13286003nah, you can't be a nerd for the things you like. you're a geek for liking pokemon. a nerd is someone who is good at things like math and science. a geek is someone who likes really geeky things, i.e., pocket monsters.
The origins of the term "nerd" stem from the Latin term "Oblanerdus Obdoolus", which roughly translates to "he who studies all things and knows none", and calling over scholarly people "Oblanerdus" was commonplace in older times, and eventually the term was dumbed down to just "nerd". The term geek was invented during the cold war against the russians, a geek was a russian who was interested in democracy and stems from the russian word, Geekoshkiv, which in english can be roughly translated as "a person who has an interest in unusual things". Eventually of course, the word gained popularity in America and was slowly transformed into "Geek", and thus we use the word today to describe those with an affinity for the odd and strange, in this case, video games!
So, to answer your question, no, you are not a nerd. You are a geek!
