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dweeb

dweeb

42 9.0
A person who is shy, unfashionable, or unpopular
  • 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.

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Examples

  • "Don't be a dweeb, Wiley.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I figure you must have enough trouble just being the biggest dweeb in the entire school.

  • Being a dweeb was not what he had in mind for our future.

  • - How do you two dweebs know so much?

  • Charley, I knew you were a dweeb.

  • I went from science dweeb in high school to biology nerd in college.

  • A perfectly ordinary dweeb, naught more than a computer geek.

    Blog text (23)
  • What kind of dweeb keeps harping on old 60s stuff?

    Blog text (4)
  • You know, how did these two dweebs dupe people into investing?

  • Chances are that Elevator Guy was just a socially ignorant, slightly drunk dweeb of no consequence.

    Blog text (16)

Synonyms

nerd
vsdweeb
  • Slang
235 5.0

A person who is very interested in subjects like science or computers and often shy

focuses on social awkwardness and uncoolness rather than intense subject interest
dork
vsdweeb
  • Offensive
110 7.7

A person who is socially awkward and often seems foolish

emphasizes lack of popularity and uncool style instead
total dweeblet
vsdweeb
  • Slang
9.9

A person who is shy, awkward, and seen as not cool, often as a playful joke

is more general and lacks the playful diminutive tone
total dorkazoid
vsdweeb
  • Slang
9.9

A person who is very awkward with people and not stylish

is the same idea but less overtly humorous in tone
derf
vsdweeb
  • Offensive
9.9

A silly or socially awkward person who acts foolishly

focuses on social awkwardness and uncool image rather than foolishness
never-wozzer
vsdweeb
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who feels awkward and does not belong

describes observable uncoolness and lack of popularity rather than inward feeling

Compounds

8.8

A shy, awkward person who others like

How Awkward

dweeb
  • Offensive
42 9.0
dork
  • Offensive
110 7.7
shy person
4 2.5

Surface Forms

dweeb singular
dweebs plural

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.