Another character whose name has been mentioned as a possible source of the word is Mortimer Snerd

Another character whose name has been mentioned as a possible source of the word is Mortimer Snerd

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  • Prompt: Another character whose name has been mentioned as a possible source of the word is Mortimer Snerd, a ventriloquist's dummy created by Edgar Bergen. Modeled on a country bumpkin, Snerd perhaps reminded listeners of a "drip" (someone who is looked on as tiresomely or annoyingly dull), and, therefore—according to Newsweek in 1951—a nerd. Snerd's drippy qualities were magnified by his sophisticated foil, the dummy Charlie McCarthy. Bergen's radio show was popular from the late 1930s through the 1950s, and it's possible that Seuss had Snerd in mind when he wrote the rhyme—but the claim is unverifiable.
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