spergy

English

Etymology

sperg +‎ -y

Pronunciation

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Adjective

spergy (comparative more spergy, superlative most spergy)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive, sometimes reclaimed) Showing an awkward, pedantic, or obsessive nature stereotypically associated with Asperger's syndrome.
   • 2010 October 26, df [username], “Re: Why is Linux desktop share dropping?”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy‎^[1] (Usenet):

     You'll only get gnashing of teeth from the spergy nerds who can't let go of their ancient UNIX clone.

   • 2012 May 9, prawnster [username], “Re: Evolution: assumes facts not in evidence”, in talk.origins‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Nope, not following you down into your typical spergy postmodernist word salad sophistry regarding the meaning of the word "related."

   • 2015 March 18, smr [username], “Re: Lucky Seven: Command v1.07 has been released!”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical‎^[3] (Usenet):

     The obliviousness of your reply is staggering, or would be, if you weren't such an obvious spergy sociopath to begin with.

Synonyms

• Aspergerian, Aspergian, Aspergic

Anagrams

• grypes