dweeb
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- noun
- /dwiːb/
- Offensive
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- He was known as the biggest dweeb in school because he always wore mismatched clothes.
- dweebs and nerds
- look like a dweeb
- call someone a dweeb
So I was automatically the odd man out, the minority, the weirdo, the dork, the dweeb, the honky.
- So I was automatically the odd man out, the minority, the weirdo, the dork, the dweeb, the honky.
- Because what I think should happen is I think at one point the dweebs on Silicon Valley should code their way to the center of the Internet.
- So, so I think it's a mistake to think that every every protagonist has to be a nebbish or, or a dweeb.
- You're a fucking dweeb that sits on sits at home that like they like to laugh at and they laugh at you, not with you.
- You you can get a little better, but at the core, you're still the same dweeb.
Examples
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"Don't be a dweeb, Wiley.
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I figure you must have enough trouble just being the biggest dweeb in the entire school.
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Being a dweeb was not what he had in mind for our future.
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- How do you two dweebs know so much?
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Charley, I knew you were a dweeb.
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I went from science dweeb in high school to biology nerd in college.
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A perfectly ordinary dweeb, naught more than a computer geek.
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What kind of dweeb keeps harping on old 60s stuff?
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You know, how did these two dweebs dupe people into investing?
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Chances are that Elevator Guy was just a socially ignorant, slightly drunk dweeb of no consequence.
Blog text (16)
Synonyms
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A person who is very interested in subjects like science or computers and often shy
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A person who is socially awkward and often seems foolish
A person who is shy, awkward, and seen as not cool, often as a playful joke
A person who is very awkward with people and not stylish
A silly or socially awkward person who acts foolishly
A person who feels awkward and does not belong
Compounds
How Awkward
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dweeb began as American school slang in the 1960s and was probably made up to sound funny and mean a 'small' or 'silly' person. Think of it like nerd or geek, because a dweeb is someone who is 'socially awkward' or unfashionable.