dweeb

English

Etymology

From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwiːb/

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• Rhymes: -iːb

Noun

dweeb (plural dweebs)

1. (US, originally university slang, now general slang, derogatory) A boring, studious, or socially inept person. [From 1968.]
   • 2005, Edmund White, My Women

     No way, man, the biggest dweeb of them all with . . . Marilyn!

   • 1996, Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe (writers), Spice Girls, If U Can't Dance

     There never is a Keanu but a dweeb looking at me.

   • 1994, Dexter Holland (writer), The Offspring, Self Esteem

     I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dork
• Sometimes used alongside nerd and geek; however, dweeb does not carry the same connotations of intelligence.

Derived terms

• dweebery
• dweebness
• dweeby

Anagrams

• bedew, bewed