The origin of 'nerd' — Episode 2: Bob of RPI strikes back

His comment on yesterday morning's Episode 1 arrived last evening at 9:20 p.m. and appears above.

Me, I tend to agree with Bob's contention that "Seuss's use is nonsensical and not related to our definition of a 'nerd.'"

Okay, Economist, the ball's in your court (after I send them this post).

And while we're on the subject of Seuss's neoligisms, the origin of the word "blog" in another of his works — blogs meaning "the world's sweetest frogs" — would appear likewise to be coinage of a nonsense word unrelated to our concept of what a blog is.