dweeb
noun/dwiːb/
Etymology From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb. 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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US, Dated, Derogatory, General, Slang A boring, studious, or socially inept person.
- I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb.1994, Dexter Holland, “Self Esteem”, in Smash, performed by The Offspring:
- There never is a Keanu but a dweeb looking at me.1996, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe, “If U Can't Dance”, in Spice, performed by Spice Girls:
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- No way, man, the biggest dweeb of them all with . . . Marilyn!2005 June 13, Edmund White, “My Women”, in The New Yorker:
- Synonyms
- Nigel