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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
The first book in the popular middle grade series, first released in 2009, is illustrated by author Rachel Renee Russell's daughter, Nikki.
Dork Diaries now a 16-book series, with the most recent having been released in 2024
Rejoice, dorks — Dork Diaries is back!
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 22 May 2025
The preseason is going to be wild — must-see TV for football dorks like me.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
Hechinger is the perfect choice for the role, bringing just the right of optimism and obliviousness to an endearingly pathetic dork who finds the opportunity to be heroic.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
Quaid has gotten good at playing a fake-feminist dork: seemingly funny and well-meaning, his charm a thin veneer for a lot of seething, nerdy resentment (his work in Scream is another fine example).
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 22 May 2025
The preseason is going to be wild — must-see TV for football dorks like me.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
Hechinger is the perfect choice for the role, bringing just the right of optimism and obliviousness to an endearingly pathetic dork who finds the opportunity to be heroic.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
Quaid has gotten good at playing a fake-feminist dork: seemingly funny and well-meaning, his charm a thin veneer for a lot of seething, nerdy resentment (his work in Scream is another fine example).
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dork
Noun
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This is the kind of thing that Jenkins, a journalist and prolific documentarian, specialized in: connecting the dots in a way that was insightful, enlightening, fun and pure catnip for cross-pop-cultural nerds.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 July 2025
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That distillery is a favorite of many whiskey nerds, mostly for its sourced whiskeys that are blended by Drew Kulsveen and his team.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Think Chicago Auto Show but for NASCAR devotees and all kinds of car geeks.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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The upcoming Alien television series crash landed into Comic-Con with a blockbuster Hall H panel that got thousands of geeks sitting on the edge of their seats to an encroaching otherworldly horror.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Dork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dork. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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