Adam Aleksic
American content creator (born 2001)
Adam Aleksic
Adam Viktor Aleksic (, ə-LEK-sik; born January 3, 2001), known online as Etymology Nerd, is an American content creator and linguist who produces videos exploring the origins of words, particularly neologisms and slang as it exists within digital culture. He began exploring word origins in 2016 through his blog. Aleksic studied at Harvard College, during which he gained attention for his educational TikTok videos on linguistics and language in 2023. In 2025, he published Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language.
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