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as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
we became friends when we discovered we were both dorks who had memorized the periodic table in high school
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as in idiot
a stupid person
he tried to be suave, but she still thought he was a dork
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Recent Examples of dork
These country dorks can't stick to their own industry.
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Joe Kinsey Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
In Don’t Get High, an alpha dork and her merry gang of dweebs start an anti-drug group at their high school to make friends and influence people.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
Monica invites to dinner an old friend from high school, Will, who was an even bigger dork than Ross back in the day.
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Brian Boone,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2025
Putting it simply, Mackenzie’s a dork; a sheepish science guy whose awe of Samus and bumbling demeanor set the duo up as a typical odd couple.
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Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dork
Joe Kinsey Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
In Don’t Get High, an alpha dork and her merry gang of dweebs start an anti-drug group at their high school to make friends and influence people.
—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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,
26 Nov. 2025
Putting it simply, Mackenzie’s a dork; a sheepish science guy whose awe of Samus and bumbling demeanor set the duo up as a typical odd couple.
—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dork
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Hunter Pence, a nerd at heart, spent money from his first paycheck to buy himself a gaming computer to play World of Warcraft.
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Design and photography nerds will appreciate the book’s beautiful layout, fun use of color, and stunning images; but this is, crucially, not the kind of book made just to look at.
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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
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By now, however, most know him as the lovable, cello-playing geek Leonard Hofstadter who married the pretty blonde waitress.
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But in this literary theatre geek’s opinion—and, evidently, the voting public’s—there’s always room for more crossover acts.
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.
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“Dork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dork. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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