STUDIOUS
ADJECTIVES
► ANORAKISH overly studious, unfashionable, or socially inept; displaying obsessive or fastidious concern with the details of a hobby or interest → 1992 UK sl.
► ANORAKY boring, overly studious, unfashionable, or socially inept; displaying obsessive or fastidious concern with the details of a hobby or special interest; nerdy → 1992 UK sl., depreciative usage
► CURIOUS bestowing care or pains; careful; studious, attentive → 1386 obs.
► DORKY stupid, inept, or unfashionable; without social skills, overly studious → 1970 sl.
► STUDIENT devoted to learning; studious → 1500 obs.
NOUNS
► STUDIOSITY a being studious → 1450
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANORAK a boring, studious, or socially inept young person, esp. one who pursues an unfashionable and solitary interest with obsessive dedication → 1984 Brit. sl., derogatory
► BLUE a studious person → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BRAIN a clever or studious person → 1914
► DWEEB a person held in contempt, esp. one ridiculed as studious, puny, or unfashionable; a fool → 1982 US sl.
► GEEK one who is considered to devote too much time to their books; a studious person → 1980 US students’ sl.
► GEEK-O-ZOID a student whose devotion to study excludes all other interests or society; hence an unpopular student, someone who is considered too studious; a person obsessed with computers → 2002 UK sl.
► NERD anyone outside a peer group and who thus fails to fit in with ‘the gang’, esp. a studious individual who eschews drink, drugs, and similar teen pleasures → 1960s sl., orig. US students’ & teen
► NERDBOMBER anyone outside a peer group and who thus fails to fit in with ‘the gang’, esp. a studious individual who eschews drink, drugs, and similar teen pleasures → 1960s sl., orig. US students’ & teen
► POINDEXTER an overly studious person → 1980s Amer. students’ sl.
► SWOTTY a studious person, a swot → 1929 colloq. nickname
► ZOD a studious person → 1995 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
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