(humorous) Any intentionally nerdy style of music.
2007, August 5, Alex Williams, Dungeons, Dragons and Dope Beats, Many nerdcore anthems — “You Got Asperger’s†by MC Frontalot, “Fett’s Vette†by MC Chris, “View Source,†by Ytcracker (“Eagerly awaiting my macro advances/running with my beta cuz I’m taking chancesâ€) — are as much efforts at comedy as they are attempts at sincere hip-hop.
2008, GameAxis Unwired‎ magazine (July 2008)A nerdcore track would take loop samples not from popular industrial tracks, but from the synthesizers of a popular NES game like Dig Dug…
2008, Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People‎Self-styled “nerdcore†rappers wear pocket protectors and rhyme about hard drives.
(slang, chiefly attributive) The most dedicated nerds, especially in terms of computer ability.
2007, HWM magazine (December 2007)We're tech reviewers, not nerdcore programmers…
2009, March 28, Darren Zenko, Exploring the Wii’s retro charms, But the warmest spot in my nerdcore heart is reserved for the old-school pleasures of the Wii Virtual Console.
2008, Windows Vista‎ magazine (Winter 2008)But it takes the right kind of noodle to make a great gaming rig worthy of the “nerdcore elite†(and we mean that in a good way) without spending a fortune.
