Levi_Aquatics Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Just wondering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishObsessed Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) Something I was thinking about yesterday actually. Nerd+aquariuM=nerm? But wait....is that video of cory really where it started? Edited December 3, 2020 by FishObsessed 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Smith Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 A NERM is the blending of the words "Normal" and "Nerd", which @Cory adlibbed off the cuff in a livestream. I think it is intended meant to apply to folks who are very nerdy about their aquarium hobby, but fairly "normal" otherwise. I've been working on an acronym proposal for awhile. So far I've got: Normal, Except Really Manic about something. Which makes me a fish Nerm! And a Star Wars Nerm! 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, Bill Smith said: I've been working on an acronym proposal for awhile. So far I've got: Normal, Except Really Manic about something. Which makes me a fish Nerm! And a Star Wars Nerm! Best acronym I have heard yet on this. Now if we can only get the Oxford English Dictionary to pick this up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Source - Cory: "That's the new scientific nerm for" . . . "Wait, did I just say 'scientific nerd'?" Q.E.D. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/13/2021 at 5:23 PM, Fish Folk said: Source - Cory: "That's the new scientific nerm for" . . . "Wait, did I just say 'scientific nerd'?" Q.E.D. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 12/3/2020 at 11:48 AM, FishObsessed said: Something I was thinking about yesterday actually. Nerd+aquariuM=nerm? But wait....is that video of cory really where it started? That's what I thought the first couple of months until that video of Cory accidentally saying it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) Nerm. Bleep-bloop, I'm a bot. This portmanteau was created from the phrase 'Nerd Term' | FAQs | Feedback | Opt-out 🙂 Edited January 14, 2021 by Streetwise 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Cory meant to say "scientific term" but he was describing how nerdy people can be, going along with someone when they make up a term on the spot. I'm guessing he was a bit tired, nearing the end of a long livestream, and so he said "That's the new scientific nerm for" . . . "Wait, did I just say 'scientific nerd'?" TERM + NERD = NERM But since then, it has become just sooooo much more . . . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer V Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Oh I love the term! No one in my life understands the passion behind these endeavors, so it's so fun to just be like, "I'm a Nerm, and sorry you just don't get it." 😆 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TifNee837 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 @Fish Folk I know I was totally watching this particular stream but I don't remember which one it was! Do you??? (or anyone else?)I love this term/word so much, {and apparently have said it enough times}, that my 11 year old daughter has used it.Last Friday in science class, she described me (and my aquarium/fish obsession) to her classmates, and in the description called me a "Super NERM"! 😂🤣*my 11 yr old is a fellow NERM in training!😱😱!! She's a NERMiT! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, TifNee837 said: was totally watching this particular stream but I don't remember which one it was! Cory was answering a question on livestream ... and threw out a term “algael growth” ... questioned whether it was a real term ... then parenthetically commented that if he’d just gone with it, everyone would have agreed it was a thing ... kind of implying the “nerdiness” of people ... and somehow nerd+term got bungled into “scientific nerm.” Go to Timestamp 1 hr 50 mins: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TifNee837 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 @Fish Folk THANK YOU!!! I was absolutely thought I was going to end up sitting here watching each and every single stream so I could find it! LOL so you just saved the next few hours for me. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TifNee837 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 And I have to mention this because I found it hilarious - When I showed my daughter my previous conment a little bit ago, she then had to be sure and send her science teacher a message ((who is also a fellow nerm! Woo-hoo!)) to inform her, that she now will be considering herself a #nermit 😂🤣 GOSH I love that kid hahaha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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