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dweeb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /dwiːb/

Etymology

From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb. The 1980s backronym Dim-Witted Eastern-Educated Boor derives from apparent social and attitudinal differences between West Coast and East Coast US, and describes a stereotypical Ivy League graduate from Harvard, Yale, etc.

Meanings

1. (US, dated, derogatory, general, slang) A boring, studious, or socially inept person.
   • I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb. 1994, Dexter Holland, “Self Esteem”, in Smash, performed by The Offspring:
   • No way, man, the biggest dweeb of them all with . . . Marilyn! 2005 June 13, Edmund White, “My Women”, in The New Yorker:
   • There never is a Keanu but a dweeb looking at me. 1996, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe, “If U Can't Dance”, in Spice, performed by Spice Girls:

Forms

Deriveds

dweebish · tweeb · dweebling · dweeby · dweeblet · dweebness · dweebery · dweebette

Synonyms

gink · nosebleed · dork · flabagast · flabaghast · nerd · Nigel · flabbergast · Nigel