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as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
we became friends when we discovered we were both dorks who had memorized the periodic table in high school
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as in idiot
a stupid person
he tried to be suave, but she still thought he was a dork
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Recent Examples of dork
The action-comedy follows popular girl Momo Ayase and isolated dork Ken Takakura, who bond over a mutual appreciation of the unexplained: One believes in ghosts, the other aliens.
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
In the beginning, the idea was greeted with idle condescension: check out these grandiose Internet dorks and their digital Monopoly money.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Salary cap numbers are interesting for dorks like me, but ultimately, the only number that matters for this team is how many Lombardi Trophies are in the case at the team facility.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
Over the last few seasons, NFL teams have figured out what Madden players and fantasy football dorks have known for over a decade — running backs are disposable.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
In the beginning, the idea was greeted with idle condescension: check out these grandiose Internet dorks and their digital Monopoly money.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Salary cap numbers are interesting for dorks like me, but ultimately, the only number that matters for this team is how many Lombardi Trophies are in the case at the team facility.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
Over the last few seasons, NFL teams have figured out what Madden players and fantasy football dorks have known for over a decade — running backs are disposable.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dork
Noun
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This really looks like a Warhammer nerd's dream come true.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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Curitiba is a tidy, charming place known by transportation nerds for its pioneering bus system (passengers enter futuristic black tubes before getting on buses that speed along in dedicated lanes).—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Long the domain of points geeks, the often opaque world of frequent-flier programs is finally getting easier to navigate.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
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When Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary Get Back debuted in 2021, the fact that Jackson had used artificial intelligence to clean up previously unusable audio was greeted with enthusiasm from tech geeks, and crickets from most everyone else.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 2025
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An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
19 Apr. 2024
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The stupid!—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 July 2021
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“Dork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dork. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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