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Nerdfightastic

A nerdfighter coinage used as praise, as in Hank's plan for a nerdfightastic music video.

Early context: Hank and Bill Martin have decided to make a Nerdfightastic music video for Bill's version of the Tetris song, and need viewers' help. — Tetris Day! 00:00:47

in-group term (coinage) · in 12 videos, 2008–2015 · peak 2009, 2011 (4 each) · last heard 2015

Videos per year: 2008: 1 · 2009: 4 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 4 · 2012: 1 · 2015: 1

Forms heard

How the speakers say this one item, as transcribed from the videos, in order of first appearance.

form videos first heard last heard
“nerdfightastic” 10 2009-03-24 · Peeps! Prom! Puppy! 00:03:07 2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling 00:02:08
“nerdfight-astic” 1 2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs 00:02:34

Every video

2008

date video use what is said
2008-06-01 Tetris Day! 00:00:47 mention Hank and Bill Martin have decided to make a Nerdfightastic music video for Bill's version of the Tetris song, and need viewers' help. → Hank asks Nerdfighters to film Tetris-piece clips for the Dr. Noise music video by June 14 (2008)

2009

date video use what is said
2009-03-24 Peeps! Prom! Puppy! 00:03:07 mention John tells Nerdfighters to upload their photographs to their Ning profiles to be featured.
2009-04-12 The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming 00:00:20 mention John announces a Nerdfighter gathering on Sunday, May 31 in Melbourne, Australia, featuring him. → John invites Nerdfighters in Melbourne and Sydney to meet him during his Australia trip (2009) (invitation (not a request), 2009-06-07)
2009-10-06 Victoria Beckham In Your Pants 00:01:59 mention John recommends The Beckoning of Lovely, a profoundly moving community-based project his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal is doing with many people, including many Nerdfighters.
2009-12-17 THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! 00:02:32 mention John bids farewell to his nerd glasses, sure they are going to a 'Nerdfightastic' home.

2010

date video use what is said
2010-11-01 Consider the Lemming 00:03:15 mention John thanks the many Nerdfighters who made Nerdfightastic pumpkins this year (2010); his favorite is a This Star Won't Go Out pumpkin.

2011

date video use what is said
2011-02-09 NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) 00:02:37 mention John announces that some Nerdfighters are building Your Pants, like the old forum My Pants but yours; hopefully live within a week at yourpants.org, for friendships and decreasing world suck.
2011-05-23 Eating the Unicorn 00:02:54 mention John says Tumblr seems to be the top destination for Nerdfighter jokes, Looking for Alaska quotations, DFTBA tattoos, Pizza John jokes and Humpy Hank sites.
2011-07-27 150,000 Autographs 00:02:34 mention John says he really wants to sign all the books because he likes the idea of signed books going into awesome Nerdfighter homes, like puppies adopted by awesome people. · “nerdfight-astic”
2011-09-14 How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com 00:00:33 mention Hank liked the idea because it promotes reading, could through advertising actually employ a writer, which he would love, and seemed nerdfightastic.

2012

date video use what is said
2012-06-19 Solving Your Problems! 00:02:39 mention John says participating is more fun than watching and gives three easy ways to be nerdfightastic: a free first Kiva loan, reading Fahrenheit 451, and replying to comments with niceness, which is surprisingly entertaining.

2015

date video use what is said
2015-09-29 Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling 00:02:08 mention John tours the wall's relics: Willy, a puppy-sized elephant, a card of Hank humping Peeps, Daniel Biss's 'bloated triangles' paper, an Agloe road map, An Imperial Affliction 'stolen' from the movie set.