Nerdbait Edit Meaning

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v. To make a false reference in a nerd context, with the expectation that nerds will object to the error and discuss ad infinitum. A specific form of pulling someone's chain.

n. False information purposely told, to cause nerds to react and correct.

1) Did you hear about Colbert's mistake? He claimed Angband was Morgoth's first fortress.

Dude, he was nerdbaiting.

2) That guy's too young to have played Zork at Stanford. He'd be in his forties. Zork was done by the mid-eighties.

I think the writers are seeing how many people they can nerdbait.

See nerd, bait, geek, lies, joke, sarcasm