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- adjective Like, or characteristic of, a
dweeb ;nerdy ,uncool .
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Examples
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But my handing out my business card sounds kind of dweeby to me.
Vegas made me think of this. Leftover, too. « Dating Jesus 2009
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Cantwell totally coasted, Mike was predictable and kind of dweeby, and Guthrie screwed up enough on the big issues to remind me that he's still an big-L.
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I mean, they probably called it "dweeby" or something back then, but you get my point.
Great White Snark 2009
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Any true Brat Pack devotee knows that the ending of Pretty in Pink was changed -- originally, Ringwald's character ended up with her adorably dweeby best friend, Duckie, who came from a similarly challenged economic background.
Susannah Gora: Pretty in Pink at 25: Still a Class Act Susannah Gora 2011
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Any true Brat Pack devotee knows that the ending of Pretty in Pink was changed -- originally, Ringwald's character ended up with her adorably dweeby best friend, Duckie, who came from a similarly challenged economic background.
Susannah Gora: Pretty in Pink at 25: Still a Class Act Susannah Gora 2011
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“I know you'll be tempted to get involved in . . . illicit activities now that you won't be under the watchful eye of your dweeby graduate student dorm monitor.”
The First Apartment: A Rite of Passage Con Chapman 2011
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Mr. Obama presided over a witty, boyish afternoon news conference in which he scolded Republicans and called on all Americans to stage a denial-of-service attack on their dweeby blogs.
Your Weekend Debt Deal Cliffhanger Peter Jeffrey 2011
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Any true Brat Pack devotee knows that the ending of Pretty in Pink was changed -- originally, Ringwald's character ended up with her adorably dweeby best friend, Duckie, who came from a similarly challenged economic background.
Susannah Gora: Pretty in Pink at 25: Still a Class Act Susannah Gora 2011
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Eventually we get to some amateur filming of middle management and somewhat dweeby Wikus (pronounced Vikus) van der Merwe who is in charge of relocating 1.8 million aliens.
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Political attacks only work if they hook into what voters already believe: Newt is an anger-bomb, Ron Paul is an irritable isolationist, Rick Santorum is a dweeby bedroom-policeman, Mitt Romney is a computer from the future sent to eliminate the need for humans.
Johnny Depp, the Obamas and that Halloween party | Ana Marie Cox 2012
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