dweeb

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.3 Quotations 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːb

[edit] Noun

dweeb (plural dweebs)

1. (US, slang, pejorative) A boring, studious, or socially inept person.
2. 1980s American slang backronym: Dim-Witted Eastern-Educated Boor; being derived from the social differences and attitudes on the West Coast vs. the East Coast, often said to describe the typical Ivy-league grads from Harvard, Yale, etc.

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• See also Wikisaurus:dork

[edit] Quotations

• No way, man, the biggest dweeb of them all with . . . Marilyn! - Edmund White, "My Women" [1]
• There never is a Keanu but a dweeb looking at me - "If You Can't Dance", by the Spice Girls
• I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb. - "Self-Esteem", by The Offspring.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bdeew
• bedew