Maybe, but the 'Nerd Test' is a whole lot more fun than insults are, right? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
I think insults are relative to the situation and who is speaking them to you. If someone I know and like calls me a 'F**king nerd' I wouldn't bat an eyelid. If someone I dislike says it, even if I think they mean no malice, I wouldn't accept it.
Tougher on the internet with typed words, but emoticons sometimes help.
Anyway my anger word is 'fool' - someone calls me a fool I see red, almost irrelevant of the situation or how its said.
So I'm sure nerd or other such words can make certain others see red. Least I think so. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />