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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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Recent Examples of dork 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 But talk to people who watch a wide swath of competitive reality shows — the real hard-core gamer dorks (complimentary) — and many will tell you that Big Brother is the best, most pure version of a social-strategy game. Joe Reid, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025 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, 15 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dork
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Noun
  • As a film nerd with a 37-inch vertical, Nique Clifford only borrows from the best.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
  • Music supervisor is a job that is part professional music nerd, part aural detective and part crate-digging business affairs exec.
    Peter White, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Desperate to return to his own era to help save his kin, Rex must team up with a gang of nerds, freaks and geeks to go back 65 million years in time.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 June 2025
  • Cynthia Erivo sang-hosted the June 8 ceremony from Radio City Music Hall, making several dreams come true for a room full of theater geeks.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 30 Jun. 2025.

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