Nerdfighterlike
Nerdfighter romance: John's phrase for two nerdfighters who find each other and "fall in nerdfighter-like".
Origin on the channel: John names his favourite kind of Nerdfighter: two Nerdfighters who find each other and 'fall in nerdfighter-like'. — November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like 00:00:49
in-group term (coinage) · in 12 videos, 2007–2015 · peak 2009 (5 videos) · last heard 2015
Videos per year: 2007: 3 · 2008: 2 · 2009: 5 · 2011: 1 · 2015: 1
How the speakers say this one item, as transcribed from the videos, in order of first appearance.
Every video
2007
2008
| date |
video |
use |
what is said |
| 2008-02-26 |
Best Wishes! 00:02:47 |
callback |
John loves Nerdfighter babies and Nerdfighters falling in 'nerdfighter-like', which makes him feel there is more 'like' in the world because of the community. |
| 2008-06-19 |
Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) 00:00:00 |
mention |
John tells Hank that proposing 'Tobian' as the opposite of nerdfighterly in his last video might have been a mistake. |
2009
| date |
video |
use |
what is said |
| 2009-06-30 |
Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL 00:00:39 |
callback |
Asked to propose for a viewer, John says Nerdfighters sometimes meet, fall in 'nerdfighter-like' and occasionally love, but he is unsure about proposing to someone other than his wife. |
| 2009-07-28 |
Love and Romance Questions ANSWERED 00:02:20 |
mention |
Sarah says asking someone out with a check-yes-or-no note has never been cool and is the wimp's way; she recommends asking them. · “nerdfighter like” |
| 2009-09-25 |
Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts 00:02:55 |
callback |
Hank announces a new shirt he, John and Alan sell at DFTBA.com, the official 'Nerdfighter Like' shirt, a phrase coined by Lauren Fairweather in a song Hank covered on So Jokes; he thanks its designer. · “nerdfighter like” |
| 2009-12-13 |
Eyelash Malaria 00:02:58 |
callback |
John asks viewers to leave questions about the Project for Awesome and Nerdfighter-like dating in the comments. · “nerdfighter likes” → John: do a Question Tuesday on P4A and relationship advice on Tuesday (December 2009) (kept, 2009-12-15) → John asks for Question Tuesday questions on the P4A and Nerdfighter-like dating (December 2009) (reported back, 2009-12-15) → John asks Nerdfighters to spend the P4A 2009 days commenting, rating and favoriting videos via the live show (2009) (reported back, 2009-12-20) |
| 2009-12-15 |
In Which A Secret Is Revealed 00:02:50 |
callback |
In a message for a friend a viewer is in nerdfighter-like with, John says: don't freak out, think it through; it is an 'I like you if you like me' thing that needn't jeopardise the friendship. |
2011
| date |
video |
use |
what is said |
| 2011-04-06 |
Tales of Nerd Love! 00:00:00 |
callback |
John builds the video on his coinage 'Nerdfighterlike' for Nerdfighter romance: four stories of nerd love. |
2015