Sentence:  I mean, don't get me wrong: I WAS A <WSD>GOOB</WSD>. But I had plenty of equally <WSD>goob</WSD>-y friends, and I'm convinced that this is an oft-overlooked Key to Life: find other people who operate at your same level of nerdiness, and proceed with the rocking on. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A nerd.