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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
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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Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Watch Good Omens on Amazon Prime Video Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
John Krasinski ditches The Office's lovable dork Jim Halpert to become Marine vet–turned–CIA analyst Jack Ryan on this political thriller.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
Donovan’s Meyers is fascinating in his stilted weirdness, a bit of a dandy and a bit of a dork.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Those Park-Conklins are such sweet dorks.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Watch Good Omens on Amazon Prime Video Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
John Krasinski ditches The Office's lovable dork Jim Halpert to become Marine vet–turned–CIA analyst Jack Ryan on this political thriller.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
Donovan’s Meyers is fascinating in his stilted weirdness, a bit of a dandy and a bit of a dork.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Those Park-Conklins are such sweet dorks.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dork
Noun
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Roberts’s pet theory is the Major Questions Doctrine, known to Supreme Court nerds as MQD.—
Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
6 Nov. 2025
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Military history nerds will be pleased.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This is Disneyland for a certain type of poetry geek.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Dave Franco, in glasses, plays up the grinning geek factor a bit too much.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Choosing to send only one hero per call will also substantially reduce the likelihood of succeeding — if the morons even stand for it.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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Only a moron would cut the funding of an industry that actually brings revenue into the government’s pocket.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Sep. 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 11 Nov. 2025.
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