as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
an inner-directed individual who could have cared less if others stuck the dreaded "weenie" label on him
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Recent Examples of weenie
Meanwhile, a Frankies Bikinis set recently worn by Sabrina Carpenter is quite literally an itty-bitty, teenie-weenie, yellow polka dot bikini.
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Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
July is for weenies; real heads know that August and especially September is when the heat gets here.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 22 July 2025
Some also feature country sausage, diced weenies, and chicharrones stewed in luscious salsas.
—Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025
How that might make some progressive weenies feel nervous?
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
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Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
July is for weenies; real heads know that August and especially September is when the heat gets here.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 22 July 2025
Some also feature country sausage, diced weenies, and chicharrones stewed in luscious salsas.
—Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025
How that might make some progressive weenies feel nervous?
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weenie
Noun
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At risk of belaboring the Wallacaissaince, this is an especially fun conversation for structure nerds and systems heads.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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An array of charts buried in the fine print of the state budget, unknown to all but a few fiscal nerds, details what California has collected in revenues and spent over the last half-century.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Their designers are a bunch of obsessive geeks, in the best way possible, who take pride in producing designs no one else can touch.—
Jakob Schiller,
Outside,
16 Feb. 2026
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Jim described himself as a lifelong car geek, but his schoolteacher mother was a single parent.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Weenie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weenie. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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