1: Using the word "cute" to describe "data analysis"

This very first nerd indicator (nerdicator) is in reference to a linguistic study conducted by Andy Martin, where he used data from the US Census to examine a particular linguistic phenomenon in English. Essentially, The Origins of Lexical Biases: Evidence from Navajo Compounds and English Naming Preferences found that English names with the same liquids (/r/ and /l/) tend to appear less frequently together (as in Margaret and Delilah compared to the more common Claire and Eleanor).