Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A person regarded as socially inept or foolish, often on account of being overly studious.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
Etymologies
- From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb. (Wiktionary)
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A dweeb is not a fool, defined by Merriam - Webster as 'insignificant or inept'.”
“I think the diagram is pretty good, but I would switch the placement of "dweeb" and "dork.”
Venn Diagram: The Difference Between Geek, Nerd, Dork and Dweeb | /Film
“Glad he don't know I once called ... him "dweeb"!!!”
“Asked why one heavy user ( "dweeb" was the term of art from the questioner) could slow an entire network, McSlarrow said that capacity is still primarily devoted to downstream information, but upstream capacity has been strained by the rise of peer-to-peer networks.”
“Are we simply calling what used to be called being a 'dweeb' autism?”
“Maybe if you're some kind of dweeb whose loafers need adornment.”
“The girls stared at me like I was some kind of dweeb spouting off actual scientific facts rather than focusing on the lovely strains of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as they relayed the story of their first date to their respective friends with Olivia's version being all romantic and John's version making it sound like he spent the evening dry humping a whore.”
“dweeb" might actually mean something? 'he laughs.”
“dweeb" and "wonk" are similar, with dweeb sounding more to me like nerd and wonk more like geek.”
“I bet the young woman in the song this dude's disparaging so thoroughly dumped him for being such a dweeb.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dweeb’.
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Americanism
American words
finest, fast food, acclimate, aluminum, alphabetize, airplane, affirmative action, arugula, backhoe, bangs, base board, bayou and 162 more...
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( open list, randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )
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buttfucking quitter, dirty sanchez, donkey punch, falcon punch, assbadger, unicorn turd, assclown, fudgenut, quackery, friggin homo, buttmuncher, jackwagon and 272 more... -
The Nerd
All the names any successful nerd can ever hope to be called.
dweeb, dork, drip, oaf, egghead, geek, twit, goofball, loser, swot, wimp, bonehead and 5 more...
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Origin unknown
bamboozle, ballyhoo, banter, bludgeon, chad, cocktail, culvert, curmugeon, dildo, dude, dweeb, dyke and 51 more...
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like words duh
almost-words teens/tweens use --or -- actualy words they use incorrectly
duh, no duh, duh, no duh, gwon, sh'up, nu-uh, iknow-a, no-a, ow-a, yup, s'up, c'moooon and 25 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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niglets, aw, flakey, shiznit, thatch, sexy, bummers, hotty, eargasms, ratchetry, weird, fab and 457 more... -
intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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beatricks's Words
tremendous, naiad, thrush, samsara, thronging, nascent, broom, aristeia, streak, susurrant, reverberate, resistentialism and 352 more...
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Time for a new list!
abrupt, erupt, rupture, sync, appropinquity, heterochromia, homochromatic, monochromatic, willy nilly, nitty gritty, kowtow, wonton and 455 more...
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Name-Calling for Fun and Profit
I figured out the thing all these terms have in common, besides that they can be used as insults. They all crack me up.
drip, yahoo, dweeb, nimrod, wanker, nincompoop, weasel, skank, fussbudget, dink, twit, guttersnipe and 125 more...
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Favorite Words
quixotic, assonance, palindrome, plebeian, mezzanine, propinquity, etymology, antihero, intrepid, refractions, lawless, sesquipedalian and 237 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Pop Culture
Comic strip character names and words, along with modern slang oddities.
rowrbazzle, pogo, rhinocerwurst, bitchin', cowabunga, joe btfsplk, churchy la femme, howland owl, porky pine, miss mamselle hep..., shmoo, unobtanium and 390 more...
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