dorktastic
adjEtymology From dork + -tastic.
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Informal Fantastic in a dorky manner.
- Using what he calls “time-lapse phonography” to reduce an entire track down to its average frequency, [R. Luke] DuBois allows each of the 857 tunes one second of glory for every week it was No. 1 (Barry White only has time for a quickie, “Macarena” hovers for a terrifying 14 seconds). However dorktastic, the project reveals trends in timbre and taste.2006 April, Christopher R. Weingarten, “Pop Suey!”, in Spin, volume 22, number 4, page 42:
- He was wearing some really dorktastic plaid shorts and a T-shirt that said “Kiss Me, I’m Irish.”2008, Amy MacDonald, Too Much Flapdoodle!, New York, N.Y.: Melanie Kroupa Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 162:
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- EA [Electronic Arts] and Origin [Systems] publicly unveiled UO2 [Ultima Online 2] in September 1999, bullet-pointing a sexy 3D engine, a fantasy-meets-steampunk setting, a reduced PVP focus, and dorktastic creature designs by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.2008 February, Ryan Scott, “Ultimate Online 2”, in Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, number 15, page 35:
- Cobble Hill’s “first hipster bar” sports a “funky living room-ish setting” with “interesting” artwork on the walls and a “low-key” vibe in the air; a “cool” back garden and occasional “dorktastic trivia” contests lead loyalists to label it “one of the best on Atlantic” Avenue.2008, Curt Gathje, editor, New York City Nightlife 2008/09, New York, N.Y.: Zagat Survey, →ISBN, page 122:
- You “even” loved the Tech Report? Anyone who’d stare at the most beautiful women in the world before ogling 10 gear-packed pages of dorktastic tech clearly has his priorities all wrong…weirdo!2008 September, “Letter Rip!”, in Maxim, page 20:
- Girl Scouts, marching band – I cannot tell you how many hours I’d spent in some dorktastic costume.2009, Eireann Corrigan, Accomplice, Frome, Som: The Chicken House, published 2010, →ISBN, page 21: