Nurd meaning : (sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted (sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something. An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork. (post-1980s) A member of a subculture revolving around video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media.