nerts

or nertz

[ nurts ]

interjection

, Older Slang.

1. nuts ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of nerts¹

First recorded in 1930–35; by alteration

Example Sentences

"To the Rest of the World�Nerts."

From Time Magazine Archive

The British Board of Film Censors objects to scenes showing mental disorders, the preliminaries to childbirth, drunken women, cruelty to animals, miscegenation, police brutality, lovable criminals, the Royal Family and the U. S. expression "nerts."

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Wilson Observatory he found a Hollywood actress among a group of visitors looking through a telescope at star clusters, saw her turn away from the eyepiece, heard her snort, "aw, nerts."

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The answer floated back in perfect English: "Nerts to you, Joe."

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Everybody I have heard comment on "The March of Time" out here went plain "nerts" about the first presentation.

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