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gerardM a écrit:Muriel,

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Here chemistree is not a mistake but a compound-word made of chemistry and tree as the object represents a Christmas tree built with beautiful and colored chemistry containers.

Look into your dictionary for "nerd".
The dictionary will give you a pejorative meaning. To me, however, the word is milder and means someone who is often very knowledgeable in their favorite domain... to take the computer area, it's a bit like a geek but more: someone who lives for computers only, every minute of their days... rather exaggerated so that the guy looks very strange and is rather ridiculous (with spots and spectacles, never combed hair, they don't care about clothing or dirtiness) - nothing is important but their hobby.
Yes the guy is pretty mad but my translation would be "dingue de, obsédé par" rather than the "débile" found in my dictionary.

The ending -dom, used in kingdom, freedom and oodles of other words, adds the idea of DOMain (I don't know if it comes from domain or if it's by chance).

So in the photo, even for XMas, the guys think chemistry, hence the word "Nerdom".