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Recent Examples of dweeb
But even as the dweeb tidal wave spreads, questions remain.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
My reputation as an unreconstructed dweeb was instantly established and soon became so widespread that by the next year, foreign exchange students from as far away as Laos were applying to the Baltimore school system just to get a glimpse of me.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The man is the definition of a dweeb and made an already insufferable season completely unwatchable.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
What do these things make me, a geek, a nerd, a dweeb, a dork, or simply different?
—Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2013
Yet the dweeb, the doorknob insists he is being guided by the spirit.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
Which, honestly, is some serious high school stuff — not wanting to hang out with the super dweeb because that might make one dweeby by association.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2022
But there’s plenty more to learn about the dweeb-turned-pop-superstar, whose origins and motivations unravel across eight episodes of Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s whodunnit, which premiered on Apple TV Plus on Jan. 28.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Feb. 2022
While credibility is not a major priority here, one major point of disbelief requires suspending: Former child Disney series regular Short is no one’s idea of an undateable dweeb.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
My reputation as an unreconstructed dweeb was instantly established and soon became so widespread that by the next year, foreign exchange students from as far away as Laos were applying to the Baltimore school system just to get a glimpse of me.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The man is the definition of a dweeb and made an already insufferable season completely unwatchable.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
What do these things make me, a geek, a nerd, a dweeb, a dork, or simply different?
—Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2013
Yet the dweeb, the doorknob insists he is being guided by the spirit.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
Which, honestly, is some serious high school stuff — not wanting to hang out with the super dweeb because that might make one dweeby by association.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2022
But there’s plenty more to learn about the dweeb-turned-pop-superstar, whose origins and motivations unravel across eight episodes of Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s whodunnit, which premiered on Apple TV Plus on Jan. 28.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Feb. 2022
While credibility is not a major priority here, one major point of disbelief requires suspending: Former child Disney series regular Short is no one’s idea of an undateable dweeb.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dweeb
Noun
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Others geek out over Velma, the glasses-wearing, hypothesis-sharing nerd from Scooby Doo.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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As the pandemic raged, the lawsuit hardly registered outside the small world of nerds obsessed with copyright rules.Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
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Lisette Olivera assumes the mantle as Jess Valenzuela, a history buff and puzzle snob working odd jobs in New Orleans and mourning the recent death of her mother.Joshua Alston, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
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On their first day in town, treat your food snob to a fireworks show of Dallas at its most sophisticated.Dallas News, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2022
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There’s so much ammo in brat, so many intriguing moments that could be looped, taken apart.Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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The richness of the brat persona and the immediacy of the songwriting turned the album into a zeitgeist event, but that massive success is secondary to the record’s idiosyncratic purview.Stephen Kearse, TIME, 8 Dec. 2024
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But Joel and Ethan invest in other characters’ stories more — specifically, Josh Brolin’s conflicted fixer and Alden Ehrenreich’s anxious young actor — leaving Clooney to ham it up pleasantly as a forgettable dolt. 14.Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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That tension is central to the third season, in which Harington’s Sir Henry Muck—an old-money dolt with a hilariously accurate name who is a perpetual disappointment to his family—enlists the bank to help launch a green-energy company.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Monica invites to dinner an old friend from high school, Will, who was an even bigger dork than Ross back in the day.Brian Boone, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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Only dorks get excited when teams move around money for future flexibility.Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Noun
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Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy.Sam Sacks, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2016
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Hard to accept that these imbeciles represent the people in our government.Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2016
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“Dweeb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dweeb. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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