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Recent Examples of dweeb
But even as the dweeb tidal wave spreads, questions remain.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
My reputation as an unreconstructed dweeb was instantly established and soon became so widespread that by the next year, foreign exchange students from as far away as Laos were applying to the Baltimore school system just to get a glimpse of me.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The man is the definition of a dweeb and made an already insufferable season completely unwatchable.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
What do these things make me, a geek, a nerd, a dweeb, a dork, or simply different?
—Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2013
Yet the dweeb, the doorknob insists he is being guided by the spirit.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
Which, honestly, is some serious high school stuff — not wanting to hang out with the super dweeb because that might make one dweeby by association.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2022
But there’s plenty more to learn about the dweeb-turned-pop-superstar, whose origins and motivations unravel across eight episodes of Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s whodunnit, which premiered on Apple TV Plus on Jan. 28.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Feb. 2022
While credibility is not a major priority here, one major point of disbelief requires suspending: Former child Disney series regular Short is no one’s idea of an undateable dweeb.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
My reputation as an unreconstructed dweeb was instantly established and soon became so widespread that by the next year, foreign exchange students from as far away as Laos were applying to the Baltimore school system just to get a glimpse of me.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The man is the definition of a dweeb and made an already insufferable season completely unwatchable.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
What do these things make me, a geek, a nerd, a dweeb, a dork, or simply different?
—Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2013
Yet the dweeb, the doorknob insists he is being guided by the spirit.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
Which, honestly, is some serious high school stuff — not wanting to hang out with the super dweeb because that might make one dweeby by association.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2022
But there’s plenty more to learn about the dweeb-turned-pop-superstar, whose origins and motivations unravel across eight episodes of Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s whodunnit, which premiered on Apple TV Plus on Jan. 28.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Feb. 2022
While credibility is not a major priority here, one major point of disbelief requires suspending: Former child Disney series regular Short is no one’s idea of an undateable dweeb.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dweeb
Noun
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This tournament could be heaven for hockey nerds who have been starved for best-on-best at this level.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2025
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From jocks to nerds, cheerleaders to shy kids, Dazed captures the universality of being a young person on the cusp of truly entering the world, whether you're actualized or not.—
Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Lisette Olivera assumes the mantle as Jess Valenzuela, a history buff and puzzle snob working odd jobs in New Orleans and mourning the recent death of her mother.—
Joshua Alston,
Variety,
14 Dec. 2022
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On their first day in town, treat your food snob to a fireworks show of Dallas at its most sophisticated.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
23 Mar. 2022
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For several days, the restaurant has not accepting online orders for its trademark bagels, hot dogs and brats at its remaining OG location in Plaza Midwood.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2025
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Just stand outside a daycare place and Karens will give their brats to you.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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But Joel and Ethan invest in other characters’ stories more — specifically, Josh Brolin’s conflicted fixer and Alden Ehrenreich’s anxious young actor — leaving Clooney to ham it up pleasantly as a forgettable dolt. 14.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2024
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That tension is central to the third season, in which Harington’s Sir Henry Muck—an old-money dolt with a hilariously accurate name who is a perpetual disappointment to his family—enlists the bank to help launch a green-energy company.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
7 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Quaid has gotten good at playing a fake-feminist dork: seemingly funny and well-meaning, his charm a thin veneer for a lot of seething, nerdy resentment (his work in Scream is another fine example).—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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But talk to people who watch a wide swath of competitive reality shows — the real hard-core gamer dorks (complimentary) — and many will tell you that Big Brother is the best, most pure version of a social-strategy game.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy.—
Sam Sacks,
WSJ,
18 Nov. 2016
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Hard to accept that these imbeciles represent the people in our government.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2016
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“Dweeb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dweeb. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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