dweeblet

English

Etymology

dweeb +‎ -let

Pronunciation

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Noun

dweeblet (plural dweeblets)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A young or unimportant dweeb.
   • 1992, Sassy, page 188:

     Dear Margie: While I thought most of your article on intelligence ["You're Smarter than You Think," May] was very enlightening, I was rather insulted by your closing statement that people who do well in school are "uncreative dweeblets."

   • 1994, Maximum Rocknroll, Issue 137, unknown page:

     Pseudo-droid braindead dweeblets bore them.

   • 2003, Business 2.0, volume 4, page 73:

     "I've wanted to do something like this since seventh grade," he admits, remembering hours spent in the company of fellow dweeblets at the keyboard of a clunky old PDP-11 mainframe, navigating the virtual dungeons of the text-based game Adventure […]

Synonyms

• geeklet, geekling, nerdlet, nerdling