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====Stereotypical "nerd" appearance and fashion==== Stereotypical nerd appearance, often lampooned in [[caricature]]s, can include very large [[glasses]], [[dental braces]], [[malocclusion|buck teeth]], severe [[acne]] and [[Trousers|pants]] worn high at the waist. Following suit of popular use in emoticons, Unicode released in 2015 its "Nerd Face" character, featuring some of those stereotypes: π€ (code point U+1F913). In the media, many nerds are males, portrayed as being physically unfit, either [[overweight]] or [[:wikt:skinny|skinny]] due to lack of physical exercise.<ref name=":1">Lori Kendall. "OH NO! I'M A NERD!": Hegemonic Masculinity on an Online Forum. ''Gender Society''. '''14''': 256. (2000)</ref><ref>Ron Eglash. Race, Sex, and Nerds. ''Social Text''. '''20:''' 49 (2002)</ref>
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