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- adjective informal
adorable in a socially awkward manner
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Examples
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Fox promos try to finesse her beauty with the word "adorkable."
NYT > Home Page By ALESSANDRA STANLEY 2011
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Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale are calling their adorkable TV counterparts-and we love this new celeb couple moniker.
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But even beyond being the textbook definition of "adorkable," his interactions with Maya Rudolph in this film just glow.
my new plaid pants 2010
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No wonder Fox has branded this new girl "adorkable."
Michael Bialas: Who's That 'New Girl'? Zany Zooey Deschanel Is One Funny, Foxy Lady Michael Bialas 2011
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And one thing we all noticed was that DT was adorkable in his younger years but hardly exceptional until he turned into this magic sexy magnet man at 30.
One nice thing about the new Doctor... elevenseyebrows 2009
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It's also a love story that would have been fun to watch week after week -- those kids are so damn adorkable.
Evan Shapiro: 15 Film Festival Darlings That Would Have Been Better as TV Series Evan Shapiro 2012
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The Party Down alum is supposed to be unlikable — initially, at least — as Julia, a lawyer who becomes a love interest for Nick (Jake Johnson), despite her dislike for the famously adorkable Jess (Zooey Deschanel).
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Filmmaker and Star Wars fan Patrick Boivin made this heartwarming and adorkable short movie about an AT-AT toy that lives its life like the family dog.
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Abby Elliot played the adorkable New Girl star, while Deschanel nailed her impression of Mary-Kate Olsen, complete with oversized sunglasses, a giant Starbucks cops and that disturbing stare.
SNL Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston, Zooey Deschanel Has a Dance Party with Jean Dujardin 2012
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Abby Elliot played the adorkable New Girl star, while Deschanel nailed her impression of Mary-Kate Olsen, complete with oversized sunglasses, a giant Starbucks cops and that disturbing stare.
SNL Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston, Zooey Deschanel Has a Dance Party with Jean Dujardin 2012
whichbe commented on the word adorkable
Adjective. The quality of being both nerdy and overwhelmingly cute.
May 23, 2007
whichbe commented on the word adorkable
I thought I 'coined' this (rather obvious) one but it was cited on WordSpy today.
October 18, 2008
etmlbristol commented on the word adorkable
adorkable
The act of being adorable, yet a dork; used as an adjective
Dork: a stupid, foolish person; sometimes has a bit of a negative connotation
Adorable: anyone or anything that is cute, charming, fun
ATTESTATIONS:
jesidres says: Keith was adorkable. I wanted to pinch cheeks (and take a razor to his mustache)
*Twitter: http://twitter.com/#search?q=adorkable
amandakt says: Thank you for the years filled with beautiful music, adorkable moments and miracles.
*Twitter: http://twitter.com/#search?q=adorkable
Eric Geller says: I, like Mandy, adore the adorkable. Whenever something has both the cuteness factor and the nerd factor, I’m interested.
* Blog: http://theadorkable.net/
July 14, 2010
stew commented on the word adorkable
Cute in an off-beat way, My mother-in-law insists that this quality is embodied by a corgi.
January 19, 2013
bilby commented on the word adorkable
Seeing as I don't have her contact details, it's up to you to tell her she's wrong.
January 19, 2013
ry commented on the word adorkable
what's up with the flickr content here? A bunch of Second Life cheesecake—and Paul McCartney?
January 19, 2013
bilby commented on the word adorkable
Seeing as I don't have his contact details, you'll have to tell Paul he's hanging with the wrong crowd.
January 19, 2013