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Recent Examples of dweeb
Just what, exactly, is so relatable about the slapstick odyssey of this unfortunate white-collar dweeb?
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
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
Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
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
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Needless to say, so is every music nerd on the internet considering the band’s most recent album of experimental glitch rap, Year of the Snitch, came out way back in 2018.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
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But 15-year-old high school speech and debate nerds would catch it right away.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Then, Carden circles back to the word snob.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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For design lovers and many coffee snobs, the vessel makes the drink.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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No defensiveness in his voice — just the most relaxed kind of confidence, a sexy brat with zero shame.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Navy brat joined the Army in 1953, emerged as a Private First Class, and hit New York in the winter of 1955 to begin studying at Neighborhood Playhouse under Sanford Meisner.—
Fred Schruers,
IndieWire,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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So a lot of the counterintelligence training that's given to the troops, the officers, the defense contractors, a lot of it is kind of like, don't be naive, don't be a dolt, in short.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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Most apartment buildings, basic or deluxe, barely qualify as architecture at all, not because they are designed by dolts but because developers (and the zoning code) demand a crushing efficiency.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Sea snot has invaded the Aegean and killed off dozens of species in the Marmara.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Yes, the Niners got the absolute snot kicked out of them Saturday.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Insulting this imbecile became the most rewarding pastime on earth.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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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
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“Dweeb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dweeb. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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