dweeb

slang

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Recent Examples of dweeb While Peters veers closer to a stock villain — the ubiquitous empowered dweeb, though those coding-sequence tattoo sleeves are a nice embellishment — Hasan Minhaj and Arturo Castro are appealing as Eve’s ENCOM associates. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 Brooke portrays Penny, an alpha dweeb on a mission to take down the cool kids. Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025 Ashley Brooke as Penny: An alpha dweeb on a mission to take down the cool kids. Joe Otterson, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025 In nearly every comics appearance, Olsen is inherently something of a dweeb; a hanger-on to Lois and Clark who looks up to them and doesn’t always get respect back. James Grebey, Vulture, 16 July 2025 Nate, as a scared-of-his-own-shadow dweeb. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dweeb
Noun
  • Superman and Lex Luthor have technically had a child together for decades in the comics, but as many a gay nerd has joked on the internet this year, Nicholas Hoult’s Lex finally seems like a Lex who would baby-trap Superman.
    James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
  • That bourbon, like all subsequent releases, was aged at Camp Nelson, a warehouse site located a few minutes from the distillery that is legendary (among whiskey nerds, at least) for the quality of the bourbon that comes from there.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On my African American side, there’s my father, who’s become a coffee snob and appreciates a great cup of black coffee made with beans from a small roaster.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Beloved by coffee snobs and design aficionados alike, the Alessi stovetop coffee maker blends high-quality brewing with a form that is beautiful enough to leave out all day long.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Oktoberfest specials include items for all times of the day, such as brat and eggs for breakfast; Pretzel Burgers and Pretzel Bites with Bock Beer cheese for lunch or dinner; and Pumpkin Maple Crunch Muffins for dessert.
    Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
  • After Wisconsin, is Ohio State the second-best brat-eating school in the conference?
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Those dolts and laggards that were holding them back are no longer a boat anchor.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Each footstep sent up clouds of dust and ash, coating everything, including my mouth and teeth, in fine grit, blackening my snot and saliva.
    River Selby August 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This guy is a dork, and DiCaprio plays him as such.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, Comey being a self-righteous dork is not an excuse for Trump to sic the DOJ on him.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2016
  • Hard to accept that these imbeciles represent the people in our government.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2016

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“Dweeb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dweeb. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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