dweeb Line breaks: dweeb Pronunciation: /dwiːb/ noun informal A boring, studious, or socially inept person. Example sentences ‘People who work in the Internet industry on the other hand are viewed as nerds, geeks, dweebs and propeller heads.’ ‘And hes got the geek thing going on without being a total dweeb.’ ‘My dad had a Kingston Trio record, and even at the tender age of 7, I could tell this stuff was for dweebs.’ Origin 1980s: perhaps a blend of dwarf and early 20th-century feeb a feeble-minded person (from feeble). Derivative: dweebish adjective Examples ‘If these dweebish types actually like what they are doing, there must be a link between this and liking things which other people find boring.’ ‘The 6820 is designed to encourage text entry but without the dweebish stigma of a posh smartphone.’ Credit: oxforddictionaries
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