dweeb
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[edit] Etymology
From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb. [1]
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.
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[edit] Noun
dweeb (plural dweebs)
- (US, slang, pejorative) A boring, studious, or socially inept person. [From 1968.]
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:dork
- Sometimes used alongside nerd and geek, however dweeb does not carry the same connotations of intelligence.
[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.
