Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person regarded as socially inept or foolish, often on account of being overly studious.
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- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A dweeb is not a fool, defined by Merriam - Webster as 'insignificant or inept'.
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A dweeb is not a fool, defined by Merriam - Webster as 'insignificant or inept'.
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I think the diagram is pretty good, but I would switch the placement of "dweeb" and "dork."
Venn Diagram: The Difference Between Geek, Nerd, Dork and Dweeb | /Film 2010
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Glad he don't know I once called ... him "dweeb"!!!
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Asked why one heavy user ( "dweeb" was the term of art from the questioner) could slow an entire network, McSlarrow said that capacity is still primarily devoted to downstream information, but upstream capacity has been strained by the rise of peer-to-peer networks.
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"Are we simply calling what used to be called being a 'dweeb' autism?"
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Brita Belli, E Magazine 2010
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Asked why one heavy user ( "dweeb" was the term of art from the questioner) could slow an entire network, McSlarrow said that capacity is still primarily devoted to downstream information, but upstream capacity has been strained by the rise of peer-to-peer networks.
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"Are we simply calling what used to be called being a 'dweeb' autism?"
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Maybe if you're some kind of dweeb whose loafers need adornment.
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The girls stared at me like I was some kind of dweeb spouting off actual scientific facts rather than focusing on the lovely strains of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as they relayed the story of their first date to their respective friends with Olivia's version being all romantic and John's version making it sound like he spent the evening dry humping a whore.
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February 18, 2010